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  • JANM Awarded a $40,000 grant from Nissan Foundation for Family Festivals and School Visits

    Jul 24, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) was awarded a $40,000 grant from the Nissan Foundation that supports JANM’s award-winning virtual and in-person School Visits programs and free biannual family festivals, including the 2024 Natsumatsuri Festival on Saturday, August 10.“Our award-winning School Visits programs and family festivals not only further our mission but also provide students, edu...

  • J. T. Sata Exhibition: Curator Tour with Dennis Reed and Virginia Heckert

    Jul 20, 2024

    Join exhibition curator Dennis Reed and special guest, J. Paul Getty Museum curator Virginia Heckert, for a walkthrough of JANM’s exhibition, J. T. Sata: Immigrant Modernist. The exhibition comprises sixty photographs by J. T. Sata, photographs of Sata’s concentration camp paintings and drawings, and family artifacts from camp. Reed will talk about Sata’s photography and legacy as well as the process of curating the ...

  • Asobi at JANM: Mini-zines with Mya Worrell

    Jul 11, 2024

    Have you been able to take a break this month? Do you think about journaling, doodling, and crafting all the time, but can never get a moment to actually start? Come make a zine with Mya Worrell! They’ll bring the supplies and plenty of creative prompts to get you started. You’ll learn how to make a variety of unique zines that use just one piece of paper. Enjoy specially crafted cocktails and mocktails from our n...

  • JANM Book Club: My Lost Freedom with George Takei

    Apr 21, 2024

    Join author, George Takei, and illustrator, Michelle Lee, for a reading, conversation, and signing of their new children’s book, My Lost Freedom, a moving and true story about growing up in Japanese American concentration camps during World War II. About the BookIn My Lost Freedom, George Takei looks back at his own memories of the Santa Anita racetrack, Rohwer concentration camp, and Tule Lake Segregation Center to ...

  • George Takei to Discuss His New Book at JANM April 21

    Apr 11, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – Actor and activist George Takei will discuss and sign his new children’s book My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) on April 21, 2024 from 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m. The iconic Star Trek actor, a dedicated charter member, trustee and chair emeritus of the JANM Board of Trustees, will be joined by the book’s illustrator Michelle Lee, for a r...

  • Giant Robot Biennale 5

    Mar 02, 2024 - Jan 05, 2025

    Since 2007, JANM has partnered with Eric Nakamura, founder of Giant Robot, to produce the Giant Robot Biennale, a recurring art exhibition that highlights diverse creative works celebrating the ethos of Giant Robot—a staple of Asian American alternative pop culture and an influential brand encompassing pop art, skateboard, comic book, graphic arts, and vinyl toy culture.Giant Robot Biennale 5 will feature artists Sea...

  • Benkyodo: The Last Manju Shop in J-Town at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival

    Feb 25, 2024

    Benkyodo: The Last Manju Shop in J-Town will be screening at the 2024 Seattle Asian American Film Festival, which will be held in-person February 22–25; virtually February 26 – March 3. This short documentary film is being presented as part of the Have You Eaten Yet? Shorts Program. ABOUT THE FILM Ricky and Bobby Okamura, the current owners of Benkyodo mochi shop, make a difficult decision to close their f...

  • Japanese American History Class (Part 2 of 2)

    Mar 27, 2010

    This comprehensive two-day overview by our knowledgeable docents covers Japanese American history from the 19th century to current day. FREE for members, $14 non-members.

  • Japanese American History Class (Part 1 of 2)

    Mar 20, 2010

    This comprehensive two-day overview by our knowledgeable docents covers Japanese American history from the 19th century to current day. FREE for members, $14 non-members.

  • BIG DRUM EXHIBITION REVEALS GROWING POPULARITY OF ENSEMBLE TAIKO GROUPS THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA PERFORMING ON JAPANESE DRUMS IN U.S. BEGAN WITH ONLY 3 JAPANESE AMERICAN GROUPS, NOW NUMBERS OVER 200

    Jul 01, 2005

    Los Angeles, CA — The Japanese American National Museum will premiere Big Drum: Taiko in the United States on Thursday, July 14, the first major museum exhibition about the phenomenal growth of taiko (Japanese drum) performance in the United States and North America, beginning with three grassroots groups in California and ballooning to an estimated 200 performing ensembles in 24 states and throughout Canada. Thro...