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  • What "IS" a Concentration Camp?

    Jul 11, 2019

    SOLD OUT FREE, but RSVPs are required During World War II, Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes on the West Coast of the United States and incarcerated in remote camps in the nation’s interior. Their only crime was being of Japanese ancestry. For many years, the incarcerees and their descendants have struggled with the correct terminology to describe what happened during the war, b...

  • Perseverance at the Immigration Museum (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

    May 24, 2019 - Feb 02, 2020

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Immigration Museum Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Web: museumsvictoria.com.au/immigrationmuseum Phone: 13 11 02 Outside Australia: +61 3 8341 7777 Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World is a groundbreaking photographic exhibition that explores the master craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattoos and their enduring influence on modern tattoo practices. ...

  • Japanese Watercolor Painting Workshop with Mari Inukai

    Dec 15, 2018

    SOLD OUT Explore the beauty of watercolors with acclaimed artist Mari Inukai. Learn the process of selecting paints and brushes and how to blend colors to create a unique palette. Make beautiful expressive marks to create flowers, birds, or whatever else you can imagine. Attendees are welcome to bring a lunch and take breaks as needed. $12 members, $15 non-members. Museum admission and materials included...

  • "Common Ground" Conversations—SOLIDARITY

    Feb 02, 2017

    FREE JANM presents a four-week series of public conversations taking place within our core exhibition, Common Ground: The Heart of Community. Each conversation, which will be facilitated by a member of our education staff and follow a guiding theme, is intended to generate meaningful dialogue among guests, utilizing Japanese American history to delve into contemporary issues and concerns. Portions of the exhibitio...

  • "Common Ground" Conversations—SPEAKING OUT

    Jan 26, 2017

    FREE JANM presents a four-week series of public conversations taking place within our core exhibition, Common Ground: The Heart of Community. Each conversation, which will be facilitated by a member of our education staff and follow a guiding theme, is intended to generate meaningful dialogue among guests, utilizing Japanese American history to delve into contemporary issues and concerns. Portions of the exhibitio...

  • "Common Ground" Conversations—TRANSPARENCY

    Jan 19, 2017

    FREE JANM presents a four-week series of public conversations taking place within our core exhibition, Common Ground: The Heart of Community. Each conversation, which will be facilitated by a member of our education staff and follow a guiding theme, is intended to generate meaningful dialogue among guests, utilizing Japanese American history to delve into contemporary issues and concerns. Portions of the exhib...

  • "Common Ground" Conversations—COMPASSION

    Jan 12, 2017

    FREE JANM presents a four-week series of public conversations taking place within our core exhibition, Common Ground: The Heart of Community. Each conversation, which will be facilitated by a member of our education staff and follow a guiding theme, is intended to generate meaningful dialogue among guests, utilizing Japanese American history to delve into contemporary issues and concerns. Portions of the exhib...

  • Sadako and Her Origami Cranes

    Aug 06, 2016

    In May 2016, JANM received the gift of an original paper crane folded by Sadako Sasaki, the young Hiroshima-born girl who died in 1955 of complications resulting from radiation poisoning. Before her death, Sasaki folded over 1,000 paper cranes in hopes of recovering from her illness. Because of her efforts, which touched many people, paper cranes have since become a universal symbol of peace, hope, and recovery. T...

  • Compassion and Charity—and Chocolates: The Nisei Soldier Contribution to Rebuilding Japan

    Aug 08, 2015

    Early August marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the beginning of the Allied occupation of Japan. This panel discussion will focus on the role of the mostly-Nisei branch of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) in the rebuilding of Japan after the war. MIS veterans will discuss the duties of the Nisei soldiers and how their acts of kindness and charity toward the Japanese people helped ...

  • JA WWII RADIO BROADCASTERS PROGRAM SET FOR JULY 10

    Jul 01, 2010

    The documentary, "Calling Tokyo", that tells the little-known story of the role played by Japanese Americans as government broadcasters during World War II, will be screened as part of a public program set for Saturday, July 10, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. While the U.S. government unconstitutionally incarcerated 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry during the wa...