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  • Members Only Learning at Lunch: Veterans Day

    Oct 20, 2018

    Bring a brown bag lunch and join JANM Collections staff as they showcase a selection of JANM artifacts focused on those who have served in the Armed Forces. Learn more about veteran artifacts—including personal letters, uniforms, and service awards—and the stories they tell. Space is limited. RSVP by October 16 using the link below. You can also contact memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646. Photo:...

  • Member Appreciation Days

    May 08, 2015 - May 10, 2015

    Friday–Sunday, May 8–10, 2015 JANM members always enjoy a 10% store discount and free admission to JANM. On this special weekend, take advantage of a 20% discount at the JANM Store and janmstore.com, plus free admission and a 20% store discount at 15 other participating Southern California institutions, including the California Science Center, The San Diego Museum of Art, Skirball Cultural Center, and USC Paci...

  • 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 ...

  • Former Camp Educators to be Recognized at Japanese American National Museum Gala Dinner Feb. 5

    Jan 07, 2005

    Over 20 former teachers who were instrumental in the lives of young Japanese Americans when they and their families were unconstitutionally incarcerated in U.S. government-run domestic concentration camps during World War II are expected to attend the Japanese American National Museum’s Annual Gala Dinner and Silent Auction on February 5, 2005, at the Century Plaza Hotel & Spa. The dinner’s theme is "Teaching from t...

  • "Crawling Through Mud: Avant-Garde Ceramics in Postwar Japan".

    Feb 07, 2004

    Lecture by Louise Allison Cort Although Isamu Noguchi interacted with a wide range of artists during his episodes of making ceramics in Japan, his bold experiments with clay had the greatest impact on a group of young potters just starting their careers. Rather than relying on historical models, these artists looked outward across national traditions and boundaries in order to connect their own work to trends in i...

  • 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,...

  • American Jewish Committee, Japanese American National Museum Issue Joint Statement About Ellis Island Exhibit Set To Open April 3

    Mar 13, 1998

    The Japanese American National Museum and the American Jewish Committee released the following joint statement today: An exhibit—entitled America’s Concentration Camps: Remembering the Japanese American Experience—chronicling the shameful treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II, will soon open at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. Thousands have already seen the exhibit, which was created by and,...