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  • JANM Hosts Manzanar Baseball Project Program December 7

    Nov 15, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host a program and panel discussion about the Manzanar Baseball Project, on Saturday, December 7, 2024, from 2 p.m.–4 p.m. Admission is $16 ($9 seniors, students, and youth, free for JANM Members) and includes entry to the Museum. Tickets are available at janm.org/events.During the 1940s, baseball was the national pastime of the US, including in Amer...

  • JANM Announces October 2024 Programs

    Sep 24, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces its schedule of October 2024 programs. Tickets are $16 ($9 for seniors and students, free for JANM Members) unless otherwise noted and will be available at janm.org/events. Upcoming dates for public programs and events are:Tuesday, October 1, 2024Breakfast and Ballots9 a.m.–10:30 a.m.FreeDo you have questions about the election? How does Prop 5 ...

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • Annual Giving Circle Members Reception for opening of Ansel Adams at Manzanar

    Nov 12, 2006

    A special reception for Annual Giving Circle Members celebrating the opening of Ansel Adams at Manzanar. By invitation only. Learn more about Annual Giving Circle Membership

  • 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.