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  • 2023 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

    May 05, 2023 - May 07, 2023

    Free The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF), presented annually by Visual Communications (VC), Southern California’s leading showcase for new Asian Pacific American and Asian international cinema, announced today the program for the 39th edition of the festival. The festival returns May 4–15 in Los Angeles and will feature an exciting lineup of in-person programming, along with virtual programming fo...

  • Who Is My Neighbor? Allyship Then and Now

    Jan 28, 2023

    FREE Who advocated for Japanese Americans during World War II and what motivated them? What made them act when most didn’t? What are lessons we can learn from the past to become advocates and allies for those who are facing injustice now? In conjunction with the closing of the exhibition Sutra and Bible: Faith and the Japanese American WWII Incarceration, scholars and activists will join together to discuss all...

  • Museum Store Sunday 2022

    Nov 27, 2022

    On November 27, 2022, join us for the 6th Annual Museum Store Sunday! Museums foster appreciation and knowledge of art, nature, culture, science, and history. When you purchase a gift from the museum store, you help to sustain the museum’s service to their community and the public. Products found in museum stores are curated just like the works displayed in their respective institutions, with many items often develop...

  • Nikkei Uncovered III: a poetry reading

    Sep 15, 2022

    FREE Join us for our third annual virtual poetry reading with a powerful lineup of poets previously featured in Discover Nikkei’s Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column, hosted by traci kato-kiriyama (author of Navigating With(out) Instruments). This year, the poets were chosen to reflect on the theme of gathering. What does it mean to gather in a time of physical and social separation? How can poetry bring us...

  • Uprising: Reflections on ’92

    Apr 21, 2022

    FREE In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP On April 29, 1992, the day of the planned opening of the Japanese American National Museum, the four officers accused of violently beating Rodney King on video were acquitted leading to city-wide civil unrest. The museum’s opening in this moment of racial reckoning has shaped its history forever, much as the uprisings changed the story of all of Los Angeles. Josie Hua...

  • Cold Tofu Improv, "The Soy of Sex"

    Feb 27, 2002

    It's back! The show where Cold Tofu explores love, relationships, and the opposite sex through improv.

  • Harsh Canvas: The Art and Life of Henry Sugimoto

    Jul 22, 2001

    Video Premiere Screening and Panel Discussion in New York Please see National Programs for more information

  • Gambatte! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit - JANM Store

    Merchandise from the JANM Store related to the “Gambatte! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit” exhibition.

  • Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami - Press

    For press inquiries, email mediarelations@janm.org or call 213.625.0414. Press Photo Gallery (Password Access Only—contact mediarelations@janm.org for access.)

  • Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami - Store

    JANM members receive a 10% discount! Join or renew now