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Little Tokyo Walking Tour

2017年04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.

C3: The Conference for Creative Content

2017年04月29日 - 2017年04月30日

Saturday, April 29 – Sunday, April 30 Presented by Visual Communications, the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, as part of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, C3 is a two-day media arts conference dedicated to providing the APA creative community with a space for meaningful discourse on media and entertainment. Panels and seminars feature established pioneers in entertai...

33rd Annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

2017年04月28日 - 2017年04月30日

Friday, April 28 – Sunday, April 30 Visual Communications, the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, once again brings the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival to JANM for a series of special event screenings and select encores of festival favorites. In many cases, filmmakers will be on hand to participate in Q&A sessions with audiences, adding a uniquely intimate element to the experie...

JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM DEVELOPS LESSON PLANS FOR "INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL PERSONS" EXHIBITION

2017年04月24日

Los Angeles, CA The Japanese American National Museum has developed a series of lesson plans for teachers to complement its Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066 exhibition and enhance student learning of the 75th anniversary of President Franklin Roosevelt’s signing of the order that led to the tragic and unlawful incarceration of 120,000 individuals of Japanese ancestry during World Wa...

Members Only Learning at Lunch: The George & Brad Takei Collection

2017年04月21日

In September 2016, actor and activist George Takei gifted JANM with his personal collection, some of which is on display in New Frontiers: The Many World of George Takei. Join JANM collections staff as they explore artifacts that did not make it into the show, offering intimate insights into Takei’s unique life. Space is limited; RSVP by April 17 to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

"Moving Day" program presented by Visual Communications

2017年04月20日

FREE Each night through August 11, from sunset to midnight, Moving Day presents outdoor projections of Civilian Exclusion Order posters, which were issued during World War II to inform persons of Japanese ancestry of their impending forced removal and incarceration. The date of each projection will coincide with the original issue date of the order being projected. Projections take place on the façade of the museu...

Santa Anita Assembly Center Reunion

2017年04月15日

If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. On the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Santa Anita Assembly Center, JANM and the Santa Anita Assembly Center Committee present a reunion and a public remembrance. Following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 and President Roosevelt’s issuance of Executive Order 9066, which paved the way for the mass incar...

Members Only Exhibition Tour: "New Frontiers"

2017年04月15日

Join exhibition curator Jeff Yang for an exclusive gallery tour. Limited to 25 members; reservations are required. This tour has reached capacity; no additional reservations can be accepted.

DOCUMENTARY ON PIONEER CONGRESSWOMAN PATSY MINK TO SCREEN OCT. 30

2010年10月23日

"Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority", an award-winning documentary that chronicles the life of pioneer Congresswoman Patsy Mink, will be screened on Saturday, Oct. 30, at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum. Mink, the first woman of color to be elected to Congress in 1965, spent her life fighting racial and gender discrimination and left a lasting legacy with her authoring of the Title IX legislation th...

FOUNDING PRESIDENT BRUCE KAJI TO SPEAK AT VENICE JCC OCT. 31

2010年10月22日

Bruce Kaji, the Founding President of the Japanese American National Museum, will relate stories from his autobiography, Jive Bomber: A Sentimental Journey, as part of the National Museum’s Members’ Appreciation Event set for the Venice Japanese Community Center on Sunday, October 31, beginning at 2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Kaji, who was born in Boyle Heights, was attending Roosevelt High Sch...