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  • Nima Voices: Episode 15—Lee A. Tonouchi

    Feb 27, 2024

    FREE Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories. Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief and enlightening interviews...

  • Aki’s Market Extended Through February 11, 2024

    Jan 17, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has extended the exhibition, Glenn Kaino: Aki’s Market, through Sunday, February 11, 2024. Aki’s Market is inspired by Akira and Sachiye Shiraishi’s small neighborhood market (1957–1970) in East Los Angeles. Created by artist Glenn Akira Kaino (Akira’s grandson and namesake), the exhibition explores the transgenerational trauma from the World War II J...

  • Youth Workshop: Contemporary Origami with Robert J. Lang and Glenn Kaino

    Dec 02, 2023

    Join world-renowned physicist and origami artist, Robert J. Lang, for a workshop on the art of paper folding. Robert Lang is a pioneer of the newest kind of origami—using math and engineering principles to fold mind-blowingly intricate designs that are beautiful and, sometimes, very useful. All youth are welcome to join for a unique hands-on lesson with Glenn Kaino Studio and learn about how art can tell special stor...

  • 2023 Holiday M.A.D.ness—Member Appreciation Days

    Nov 24, 2023 - Nov 26, 2023

    We appreciate the support of JANM members and are thankful for your patronage! This year, seven museums and institutions, including JANM, are offering reciprocal 20% discount and free museum admission from Friday, November 24 through Sunday, November 26!* Participating museums and institutions: Autry Museum of the American West California Science Center Fowler Museum at UCLA Japanese American National ...

  • The Chinese American Museum, JANM, and LA Plaza de Culturas y Artes present Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past in Los Angeles in December 2023

    Nov 20, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Chinese American Museum (CAM), Japanese American National Museum (JANM), and LA Plaza de Culturas y Artes (LA Plaza)—will present the Smithsonian’s Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past in Los Angeles initiative, a collaborative series of public programs from December 1–17, 2023. With programs that range from symposia and panel discussions to films and family activities, Our Shar...

  • Henry Sugimoto’s Artistic Evolution

    Ongoing

    Step into the captivating world of Henry Yuzuru Sugimoto, a Japanese American artist whose journey from Wakayama, Japan, to Hanford, California, and ultimately to the bustling streets of Manhattan, influenced his diverse and evocative body of artworks. Henry Sugimoto’s Artistic Evolution is an online exhibition that invites you to explore Sugimoto’s journey and the evolution of his art over five time periods of hi...

  • Comedy Zen: Tao of Comedy

    Mar 27, 2010

    Let these martial comedians hit you with their freshest and edgiest material. We are happy to bring in Kevin Shea, Owen Smith, introducing the COMEDY MONKS. A sketch group we created by selecting today's top comedians like Randall Park, Dwayne Perkins, and Hasan Minhaj. Rajiv Satyal will be your host and MC. To buy tickets or for more information, go to: www.comedytheory.com/

  • Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of The Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and A Librarian Who Made A Difference by Joanne Oppenheim

    Feb 26, 2006

    The debut of Joanne Oppenheim's new book, which incorporates images and letters from the National Museum collection, chronicles the story of humanitarian Clara Breed whose correspondence uplifted the spirits of San Diego children sent to America's concentration camps during World War II. Book signing to follow. To order a copy, visit the Museum Store Online or call the Museum Store toll free at 1.888.769.5559.

  • THE EASTSIDE REVUE: 1932-2002 SHOWCASES LEGENDARY MUSICIANS OF THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE IN A FREE CONCERT ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 AT THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

    Aug 01, 2002

    LOS ANGELES, CA—A free public concert celebrating the music and history of Boyle Heights will be held outdoors on the Japanese American National Museum Plaza from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 12, 2002. The Eastside Revue honors over half a century of musical history with the legendary artists of the past and present that have placed their community and their music on top of the world’s musical map. The r...

  • Sugar/Islands: Finding Okinawa in Hawai‘i—The Art of Laura Kina and Emily Hanako Momohara - 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.