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  • JACSC 2021 Education Conference

    Oct 29, 2021 - Oct 30, 2021

    Please join the Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium (JACSC) for the second virtual education conference to be held October 29th-30th, 2021! Save the dates for a special event in person at JANM and virtually anywhere the evening of Friday, October 29th and virtual educational sessions throughout the day on Saturday, October 30th. Founded on the idea that we are stronger together than on our own, JACSC ai...

  • Members Only Learning at Lunch: Kodomo no Hi

    May 05, 2018

    Bring a brown bag lunch and join JANM collections staff as they look at a selection of artifacts focused on the history and traditions of Kodomo no Hi (Children’s Day). Space is limited. RSVP by May 1 using the link below. You can also contact memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

  • Members Only Learning at Lunch: The George & Brad Takei Collection, Part 2

    Jun 03, 2017

    In September 2016, JANM was gifted with the George & Brad Takei Collection, a small portion of which formed the basis of the New Frontiers exhibition, on view through August 20. Bring your lunch and join JANM collections staff as they look at a selection of artifacts that did not make it into the show. Get an exclusive peek into George Takei’s remarkable life! Space is limited; RSVP by May 31 to memberev...

  • Staged Reading—"Nisei"

    May 27, 2017

    Created by Richard Allen and Eliot John Hagen and developed with the assistance of Koji Steven Sakai and Tim Southam, Nisei is a new TV pilot that follows Kenji Takagi, veteran of the WWII 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and his family after they’re released from the Tule Lake concentration camp in 1946. Join us for a staged reading in advance of the pilot’s production. Free with museum admission. RSVPs are reco...

  • 'CANDY LAND' THEME FOR TARGET FREE FAMILY SATURDAY EVENT AT NATIONAL MUSEUM ON FEB. 12

    Feb 09, 2011

    The Japanese American National Museum will holds its first Target Free Family Saturday program of 2011 with the theme of "Candy Land" featuring activities connected to sweets as part of the free event set for Saturday, February 12, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Target Free Family Saturday series occurs most months at the National Museum in Little Tokyo and provides opportunities for families to work together on fun a...

  • "Valor With Honor" by Burt Takeuchi

    Feb 05, 2011

    Valor with Honor is an independent documentary film based on over 35 interviews of Japanese American veterans who served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II. This small segregated unit of 3500 men is the most decorated American unit for its size and length of service. By the end of WW2, the 442nd would be awarded with seven Presidential Unit Citations, 21 Medals of Honor (upgraded from DSC), ov...

  • ARTISTS MARGARET CHULA, CATHY ERICKSON TO DISCUSS WORK INSPIRED BY WW II CAMPS

    Sep 02, 2010

    Artists Margaret Chula and Cathy Erickson will discuss their book, What Remains: Japanese Americans in Internment Camps, which features poetry by Chula and representations of quilts created by Erickson inspired by the lives of Nikkei falsely imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II, at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, September 11, beginning at 2 p.m. The book is the result of a seve...

  • Bringing the Circle Together: Looking Toward Home

    Oct 15, 2009

    Free Screening of Looking Toward Home Looking Toward Home explains how government relocation programs in the 1950s enticed significant numbers of Native Americans to leave the reservation for life in major cities such as, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and the San Francisco Bay Area. The life and times of urban Indians is shown primarily through the eyes of these individuals and subsequent generations as they mai...

  • Witnessing History: A Conversation With Stan Honda

    Sep 13, 2003

    A panel discussion with photojournalist Stan Honda and author Sharon Yamato examines the experiences of Arab Americans following September 11, 2001 and of Japanese Americans following December 7, 1941. Stan Honda, who captured some of the moving and unforgettable images of September 11, embodies the link between the two experiences. His parents, American citizens of Japanese descent, were incarcerated during World ...

  • The Kona Coffee Story

    Feb 09, 1997 - Jun 09, 1997

    The Kona Coffee Story tells the story of the coffee growing industry of Kona on the Big Island of Hawai‘i, from the arrival of the first coffee plants in 1828 to the poignant stories of the Japanese American coffee pioneers living today. A joint production of the Japanese American National Museum and the Kona Japanese Civic Association, this exhibition recently was awarded a Certificate of Commendation by the Amer...