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  • 2021 Gala & Auction: Reunited

    May 01, 2021

    Join Us at Reunited—the 2021 Gala & Auction! Celebrate JANM at a joyous evening of song, music, and special guests. This year, be Reunited with friends at our COVID-safe, virtual Gala & Auction—and support our largest annual fundraiser. The announcement of the winner of the 2021 Lexus Opportunity Drawing will also be online. Bid on unique items reflecting diverse Asian culture. New for our 2021 Gala is a video ...

  • Virtual Open House for Educators

    May 26, 2020

    FREE Join us for a brief orientation to the education resources available to you digitally through JANM. This quick, 30-minute webinar and Q&A will provide an overview of new and existing educational resources including video tutorials, lessons and curriculum, activities, and more. Connect with the Education Unit, get answers to any questions you have, and learn how JANM can support your work as an educat...

  • 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...

  • Outdoor Movie Night: "Godzilla" (1954)

    Oct 25, 2018

    FREE JANM presents the granddaddy of all monster movies, the original Japanese Godzilla (a.k.a. Gojira)! Made at a time when Japan was still recovering from the World War II atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this remarkably human drama has spawned more than 30 remakes and sequels. Don’t miss this opportunity to see the rampaging radioactive beast destroy an intricately detailed miniature of Toky...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM APPOINTS KAREN ISHIZUKA CHIEF CURATOR

    Jun 06, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—Ann Burroughs, President and CEO of the Japanese American National Museum, has announced the appointment of Karen L. Ishizuka to the position of Chief Curator. Ishizuka’s charge is to develop and chair a national Scholarly Advisory Council to help shape the museum’s curatorial direction and intellectual agenda. Ishizuka was previously on staff at the museum as media producer, curator, and director ...

  • Two Views

    Feb 28, 2016 - Apr 24, 2016

    After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, both the Canadian and American governments incarcerated citizens of Japanese descent who were living in the western coastal regions. Nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans and 22,000 Japanese Canadians were affected. In the United States, concentration camps to house the citizens were scattered throughout the interior. In Canada, the BC Security Commission was established to over...

  • CURATOR ISHIZUKA TO DISCUSS ORGANIZING HISTORIC 'AMERICA'S CONCENTRATION CAMPS' EXHIBIT

    Mar 31, 2011

    Author/curator/filmmaker Karen Ishizuka will discuss the development and opening of the Japanese American National Museum’s landmark exhibition, America’s Concentration Camps: Remembering the Japanese American Experience, as well as read from her book on the subject, Lost & Found: Reclaiming the Japanese American Incarceration, at a public program set for the National Museum on Saturday, April 9, beginning at 2 p.m. ...

  • 'WHEREVER THERE'S A FIGHT' AUTHORS TO DISCUSS CALIFORNIA'S CIVIL RIGHTS

    Sep 03, 2010

    Elaine Elinson and Stan Yogi, co-authors of the book, Wherever There’s A Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California, will provide an overview of the long struggle for freedom and equality in the Golden State at a public program set for Sunday, September 12, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. Since the Gold ...

  • KODO SINGER YOKO FUJIMOTO SETS 2 CONCERTS FOR JUNE 6 AT NATIONAL MUSEUM

    May 14, 2009

    Singer and koto player Yoko Fujimoto, who has performed for many years with the world-renown Kodo taiko ensemble from Japan, will sing songs from her CD, "Morisa Komorisa", a collection of traditional Japanese lullabies from the different prefectures in Japan, in two performances at 2 and 8 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, June 6. Tickets are $12 for National Museum members and $15 for non-m...

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