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"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

2017年04月01日

Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Free with museum admission.

Performance—"Residence Elsewhere"

2017年04月01日

In conjunction with the exhibition Instructions to All Persons, East West Players Theatre for Youth has developed a special play exploring the effects of the World War II incarceration. Free with museum admission. No RSVP necessary. Space is limited; first come, first served.

Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Instructions to All Persons"

2017年04月01日

Join exhibition curator Clement Hanami, JANM’s Vice President of Operations/Art Director, for an in-depth gallery tour. Limited to 25 members; reservations are required. RSVP to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

Mottainai Yoga with traci

2017年04月01日

Roughly translated, mottainai means "don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this yoga and meditation workshop for all levels, certified yoga instructor traci ishigo invites participants to harness their own inner energy to prevent body, mind, and spirit from going to waste. Participants can expect the one-hour class to be both restorative and invigorating, with opportunities to practice deep stretches as well as ...

"Moving Day"

2017年04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...

"Instructions to All Persons" Teacher Workshop

2017年03月31日 - 2017年04月01日

THIS EVENT HAS REACHED CAPACITY Friday, March 31 • 4 p.m.–8 p.m. Saturday, April 1 • 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. You and your colleagues are invited to participate in a JANM teacher workshop! The two-day workshop will bring scholars, experts, and first-person voices to Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066. Together we will gain a better understanding of how the current political climate ...

Author Discussion—"Two Faces of Exclusion" by Lon Kurashige

2017年03月25日

If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. From the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, the United States has a long history of anti-Asian policies. In his latest book, author and USC Associate Professor of History Lon Kurashige demonstrates that despite widespread racism, Asian exclusion was not the pro...

Members Only Meet and Greet with Lon Kurashige

2017年03月25日

Members are invited to an exclusive pre-event reception with author Lon Kurashige prior to the public discussion about his book, Two Faces of Exclusion: The Untold History of Anti-Asian Racism in the United States. Space is limited. RSVP by March 22 to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR TO DISCUSS 'JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY TODAY' ON DEC. 4

2010年12月01日

Arthur Sakamoto, Ph.D., a professor of sociology, will discuss his studies on the "Japanese American Family Today" in contrast to the Nikkei family of the 20th Century in a public program set for Saturday, Dec. 4, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. Professor Sakamoto, who teaches at the University of Texas at Austin, will compare and contrast the modern Japanese American ...

ACLU'S 90TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION INSTALLED AT MUSEUM THROUGH DEC. 11

2010年11月23日

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), celebrating its 90th Anniversary since its founding, has installed its nationally traveling exhibition, No Victory Ever Stays Won: 90 Years of Protecting Liberty, at the Japanese American National Museum, 369 E. First Street in Little Tokyo, through Saturday, December 11, 2010. The exhibit is broken into various panels, highlighting the nine decades of work by ACLU with s...