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  • Spotlight on the Japanese American WWII Experience and Current Affairs

    Mar 01, 2014

    Presentation of the Japanese American WWII experience and how that experience is relevant to current affairs. Will feature a panel discussion that will span seven decades, three generations and four wars as it brings together Japanese Americans who served in World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Moderated by Darrell Kunitomi. PANELISTS: Masao Takahashi - World War II veteran, 1...

  • "A Flicker in Eternity" by Sharon Yamato, Ann Kaneko, and Joanne Oppenheim

    Jun 01, 2013

    Screenings will be held at 2PM and 3PM.: This documentary tells the true World War II story of Stanley Hayami, a talented young teenager caught between his dreams of becoming an artist and his duty to his country. Based on Stanley’s diary and letters archived at the Japanese American National Museum, this coming-of-age tale chronicles Stanley’s life behind barbed wire and as a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat...

  • AUTHOR KIYO SATO TO READ, DISCUSS MEMOIR 'KIYO'S STORY' ON JULY 17

    Jul 13, 2010

    Author Kiyo Sato will read from and discuss her award-winning memoir, Kiyo’s Story: A Japanese American Family’s Quest for the American Dream, at a public program set for Saturday, July 17, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. Like thousands of Japanese Americans, the Sato family was forcibly removed from their home and sent to live in a government-run concentration camp in...

  • Fighting For Democracy at National Civil Rights Museum (Memphis, TN)

    May 29, 2010 - Aug 29, 2010

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION National Civil Rights Museum Memphis, TN About the Exhibition Through the diverse perspectives of seven ordinary citizens whose lives and communities were forever changed by World War II, this exhibition asks visitors to think critically about freedom, history, and, ultimately, the ongoing struggle to live democratically in a diverse America. Fighting For Democracy: Who is the “...

  • 'SAY CHEESE' THEME FOR TARGET FREE FAMILY SATURDAY ON MARCH 14

    Mar 04, 2009

    The popular Target Free Family Saturday series continues at the Japanese American National Museum on March 14 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with the theme, "Say Cheese", with the opportunity to participate in a photo taking workshops and do hands-on craft activities for free, thanks to the generous support of Target. Among the activities available throughout the program is a photo scavenger hunt, where participants hunt ...

  • NATIONAL MUSEUM TO RENOVATE WINDOWS IN HISTORIC BUILDING

    Jan 14, 2009

    The Japanese American National Museum announced that the windows in its Historic Building, the former Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, will be refurbished, thanks to a grant from the S. Mark Taper Foundation. The S. Mark Taper Foundation, founded in 1989 with the mission to support causes and institutions that improve the quality of life, provided $150,000 to restore the windows that were installed in 1925 when th...

  • Film Screening: Passing Poston

    Jun 28, 2008

    For The Thousands of Japanese Americans Forcibly Interned During World War II, The Scars Have Never Healed. Passing Poston, tells the moving and haunting story of four former internees of the Poston Relocation Center. Each person shadowed by a tragic past, each struggling in their own painful way to reconcile the trauma of their youth, each still searching and yearning during the last chapter of their lives, to ...

  • Little Tokyo: Spiritual Doors to the World

    Jan 18, 2003

    The National Museum and the Azusa Street Memorial Committee invite you to a panel discussion on the origins of the Pentecostal church, the nature of the local community when the movement started in 1906, and how the church grew and impacted the neighborhood, the city, and eventually, the entire world. A distinguished and internationally known panel of writers and theologians will address the theme: Dr. Mel Robeck,...

  • Diamonds in the Rough

    May 06, 2000 - Jul 16, 2000

    Diamonds in the Rough: Japanese Americans in Baseball presents the hidden history of Japanese American baseball, from the turn-of-the-century Issei teams to the present-day legacies. This exhibition adds an important voice to the annals of baseball history. With artifacts, photographs, video, and a diorama of Zenimura Field at Gila River concentration camp, it demonstrates how the history of Japanese American base...

  • Three California Museums to Collaborate in Arts Partnership

    Aug 01, 1997

    The Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles; Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, announced they will collaborate in the third year of the Japanese American National Museum’s arts partnership project, Finding Family Stories, funded in part by the James Irvine Foundation. This is the third year of the three-year collaboration between the Ja...