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"Moving Day"

2017年08月01日 - 2017年08月11日

March 23 – August 11, 2017 Daily from sunset to midnight In conjunction with the exhibition Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066, JANM presents Moving Day, an outdoor public art installation. The work consists of a series of projections of the Civilian Exclusion Orders that were publicly posted during World War II to inform persons of Japanese ancestry of their impending forced removal...

JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM RECEIVES TWO GRANTS FOR 2017 FROM NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

2017年07月31日

Los Angeles, CA The Japanese American National Museum has been awarded over $427,000 in National Park Service Japanese American Confinement Sites grants for 2017. The funds will support two projects—digitization of some of JANM’s moving image holdings and the development of a travelling exhibition featuring works from the museum’s Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection of art and artifacts made by Japanese Americans i...

Film Screening and Q&A—"Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight for Justice (Part 1)"

2017年07月29日

If you missed the program, you can watch the post-screening Q&A online on JANM’s YouTube channel. Join us for the LA premiere of this new documentary by Holly Yasui tracing the early life of her father, the noted civil rights activist Minoru Yasui. Born in 1916 to Japanese immigrant parents, Yasui was raised in the farming community of Hood River, Oregon, and became that state’s first Japan...

Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Holly Yasui

2017年07月29日

Members are invited to an exclusive pre-event reception with filmmaker Holly Yasui prior to the public screening and Q&A with the filmmaker about her film, Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight for Justice. Space is limited. RSVP by July 24 to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

Little Tokyo Walking Tour

2017年07月29日

Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with JANM docents. $12 members, $15 non-members. Museum admission included. Comfortable walking shoes recommended. Weather permitting. Limited to 20 participants.

Outdoor Concert and Movie Night—"Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country"

2017年07月27日

FREE Join us for a set by Tim Russ Crew, a pop-rock band led by Star Trek actor Tim Russ, followed by a screening of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), the last of the Star Trek films to feature the entire original cast from the television series, including George Takei as Hikaru Sulu, now commander of the USS Excelsior. Welcome remarks by George Takei (subject to availability). Supported by Los Ang...

FINAL WEEKS FOR TWO EXHIBITIONS AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

2017年07月26日

Lost Angeles, CA Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066 and New Frontiers: The Many Worlds of George Takei will be closing at the Japanese American National Museum on August 13 and August 20, respectively. The museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from noon to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Admission is free every Thursday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. In...

AKEMI KIKUMURA YANO DECIDES TO STEP DOWN AS PRESIDENT/CEO OF JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

2011年07月01日

The Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum announced today that the Museum's President and Chief Executive Officer Akemi Kikumura Yano, Ph.D., has decided to step down from her current position. The Board also announced it will conduct a national search for her successor. Dr. Yano has been in discussions with the Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum about her desire to ste...

'YEAR OF THE RABBIT: STAN SAKAI'S USAGI YOJIMBO' EXHIBITION TO OPEN JULY 9

2011年06月24日

The Japanese American National Museum will premiere its latest exhibition, Year of the Rabbit: Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo, on Saturday, July 9, featuring original art of the iconic comic book character and a new documentary on cartoonist Stan Sakai. Premiere Sponsor for the exhibition is Daruma. The show runs through October 30, 2011. Sakai’s samurai rabbit has become internationally famous since its inception 27 ...

LITTLE TOKYO DESIGN WEEKS TO INSTALL 'ULTRA EXPO' SHOW AT NATIONAL MUSEUM JULY 14-17

2011年06月21日

Explore the Little Tokyo Design Week (LTDW) exhibit Ultra Expo at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) and also visit the National Museum’s latest exhibition, Year of the Rabbit: Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo, during Little Tokyo Design Week from July 14 to July 17. Ultra Expo re-creates the Osaka Exposition of 1970 and seeks to go beyond conventional exhibition formats to create an unorthodox way of displayi...