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  • Honoring Common Ground is on November 23

    Nov 18, 2024

    Media Advisory WHAT: Honoring Common Ground celebrates JANM’s longtime core exhibition, Common Ground: The Heart of Community, with an afternoon of festivities that highlight over 140 years of Japanese American history.WHEN: Saturday, November 23, 2024 from 12 p.m.–5 p.m.DETAILS: This special event will feature:Docent-led tours from 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.A special performance by the JANM Ukulele Band from 12 p.m.–12...

  • Members Only Curator Tour: “Contested Histories”

    Nov 02, 2024

    JANM Members are invited to join exhibition curator Clement Hanami, JANM’s Vice President of Exhibitions and Art Director, for a walkthrough of JANM’s exhibition, Contested Histories: Preserving and Sharing a Community Collection. The exhibition consists of the Eaton Collection, some 400 objects made by Japanese American incarcerees that were saved from the auction block by the incredible efforts of community organiz...

  • Democracy and AI

    Oct 25, 2024

    In an era where AI is transforming everything from how we communicate to how we vote, this program brings together Dave Lesher, cofounder of CalMatters; Ted Schilowitz, a noted futurist; John Bwarie of Stratiscope; and artist Michelle Woo from For Freedoms for a conversation about the intersection of democracy and AI. The panel will dive into burning questions, examine whether governments should take legislative act...

  • DOCUMENTARY 'RESETTLEMENT TO REDRESS' TO BE SCREENED, AUTHOR OF BIO ON GOV. RALPH CARR TO SPEAK MARCH 22

    Mar 07, 2008

    The documentary, "Resettlement to Redress: Rebirth of the Japanese-American Community", will be screened and author Adam Schrager who has written a biography on former Colorado Governor Ralph Carr, the only governor to welcome Japanese Americans to his state during World War II, will speak as part of a public program set for Saturday, March 22, beginning at 2 p.m., at the Japanese American National Museum. This pr...

  • Special Screening of Films Sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program

    Jun 30, 2007

    The National Museum will host a mini festival of films funded by CCLPEP. Titles include From a Silk Cocoon, 9066 to 9/11, and Stand Up for Justice, among others. This program is made possible by the generous support of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program.

  • "New Worlds, New Lives and Encyclopedia of Japanese Descendants in the Americas"

    Jun 02, 2002

    International Nikkei Research Project Book Signing The premiere launching of two pioneering publications, New Worlds, New Lives: Globalization and People of Japanese Descent in the Americas and from Latin America in Japan and Encyclopedia of Japanese Descendants in the Americas: An Illustrated History of the Nikkei, based on the International Nikkei Research Project, a three-year collaborative project coordinated by...

  • "From Our Side of the Fence: Growing Up in America's Concentration Camp"

    Sep 29, 2001

    This new publication contains first-person accounts of eleven former inmates who recall their memories of youth in America's concentration camps. The collection of writings is the result of autobiographical writing workshops in which participants traced their personal journey through war, giving voice to history that has been silenced. The anthology, edited by Brian Komei Dempster, was produced by the Japanese Cultur...

  • The Life and Work of George Hoshida: A Japanese American’s Journey—Gila River

    1944–1945 After Jerome Relocation Center closed at the end of June 1944, the Hoshidas were transferred to Gila River concentration camp in Arizona. George Hoshida and his family would remain at Gila River until it closed on September 28, 1945. Hoshida and his family ended up being assigned to the larger of the two camps, Butte, in Block 61. Utilizing his carpentry skills, Hoshida obtained a large fan to create ...

  • Sights Unseen: The Photographic Constructions of Masumi Hayashi - Events

    Programs are free for museum members and included with admission for visitors, unless otherwise noted. To see a complete listing of JANM’s upcoming programs, check out our Events Calendar.

  • Living in Color: The Art of Hideo Date - Events

    Programs are free for museum members and included with admission for visitors, unless otherwise noted. To see a complete listing of JANM’s upcoming programs, check out our Events Calendar.