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  • JANM Decries False Statements about Haitian Immigrants in Ohio

    Sep 17, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) decries the false statements spread on social media and recently amplified by national influencers and politicians that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were taking over the city and abducting and eating pets. JANM expresses support for the Haitian community and the many residents of Springfield who have been impacted by threats of violence result...

  • Over 45 New Collections Debut on JANM’s Website

    Jun 25, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA –The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces that over forty-five collections from the Museum’s permanent collection are digitized and available at janm.org. The work is made possible by grants from the National Park Service’s Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) grant program, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), the Institute Museum Library Services (IMLS) and th...

  • Media Coverage of the Japanese American Incarceration and its Lessons for the Trump Era

    May 25, 2017

    FREE Join Los Angeles Times publisher Davan Maharaj, author and journalist Richard Reeves, author and former Rafu Shimpo editor Naomi Hirahara, and others for a lecture and roundtable discussion on the media’s mistakes during the public hysteria generated by the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the lessons learned for our times. Space is limited. This program is free, but RSVPs are recommended using...

  • East West Players Presents a Writers Gallery Reading of "Hannah and the Dread Gazebo" by Jiehae Park

    Oct 17, 2013

    FREE EVENT EWP and JANM proudly present the Writers Gallery reading of HANNAH AND THE DREAD GAZEBO by Jiehae Park directed by Jennifer Chang Inside the FedEx box are two things: a 100% bona-fide-heart’s-desire-level wish and a suicide note. Hannah tracks the package back to Seoul, where her grandmother recently jumped from the roof of her retirement home onto the wrong side of the Demilitarized Zone. The...

  • "Queer Compulsions: Race, Nation, and Sexuality in the Affairs of Yone Noguchi" by Dr. Amy Sueyoshi

    Jan 19, 2013

    Join Dr. Amy Sueyoshi for a reading and discussion of her book, Queer Compulsions: Race, Nation, and Sexuality in the Affairs of Yone Noguchi. A Q&A and book signing will follow the program. Click here to read an interview with Dr. Sueyoshi about Queer Compulsions. In September 1897 Yone Noguchi (1875–1947) contemplated crafting a poem to his new love, western writer Charles Warren Stoddard. Recently arrived in...

  • Little Tokyo Then & Now: Neighborhood Change Through The Lens of Photography Workshop

    Feb 06, 2010

    PLEASE NOTE: THIS CLASS HAS BEEN CANCELED. Professor Paul Ong will teach participants how to document aspects of neighborhood change by using historic and contemporary photos they take themselves. $9 members; $14 for non-members. Please note that this workshop requires access to a digital camera.

  • Craft Class with Ryoko Shibata: New Year's Sumi-e (Year of the Horse)

    Jan 26, 2002

    Craft Class with Ryoko Shibata: New Year's Sumi-e (Year of the Horse)

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ONLY LOS ANGELES-BASED MUSEUM TO RECEIVE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM & LIBRARY SERVICE GRANT

    Jan 01, 2000

    LOS ANGELES.—The Japanese American National Museum was the only Los Angeles-based museum to receive a General Operating Support grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and one of only 177 museums to earn this support from over 800 applications, the IMLS announced. The IMLS is a federal agency that supports the nation’s 15,000 museums and 112,000 libraries nationally. Its General Operating Su...

  • The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - 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.

  • Japan after Perry: Views of Yokohama and Meiji Japan - 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.