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  • Members Only Learning at Lunch: Masumoto Family Farm

    Mar 07, 2020

    Bring your brown bag lunch and join us as we explore connections between Japanese American experiences and California farming. Special guest Nikiko Masumoto will bring objects from the Masumoto Family Farm, share stories of learning to work with her jiichan’s tools, and pose questions about how the objects that tie us to the land inform how we construct meaning through food. JANM Collections staff will also show a...

  • Mixed Remixed Festival

    Jun 10, 2016 - Jun 11, 2016

    Friday–Saturday, June 10–11 FREE Mixed Remixed is an exciting film, book, and performance festival dedicated to celebrating and raising awareness of the mixed-heritage experience. Activities include panels, workshops, readings, and film screenings as well as live music, comedy, and spoken word. Mixed Remixed is timed to coincide with Loving Day (June 12), an annual worldwide commemoration of Loving ...

  • Asians on Film Festival

    Mar 27, 2015 - Mar 29, 2015

    Friday, March 27 – Sunday, March 29 The Asians on Film Festival grew out of the website asiansonfilm.com, dedicated to promoting under-recognized Asians and Asian Americans working in the film industry. JANM is proud to host this annual festival, which showcases nearly one hundred of the best short films submitted to asiansonfilm.com over the past year. Visit asiansonfilm.com for more information an...

  • Collections Highlight

    Feb 22, 2014

    Contributing Level Members and above ($150 plus) are invited to join our new Curator of History Lily Anne Welty, Ph.D. for a talk regarding the Calvin and George Saito Collection. Artifacts and correspondences between the brothers, who were members of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and their father will bring their story to life. RSVP to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5657.

  • Precious Metal Clay (PMC) Jewelry Making Workshop: Sterling Silver Rings

    Nov 20, 2010

    PLEASE NOTE: This class has been canceled. Precious Metal Clay is the newest jewelry-making material from Japan that has brought an ease and fun to metal work. Come learn cutting-edge jewelry-making techniques in two new PMC Classes, "Introduction to Precious Metal Clay Sterling Silver" and "Precious Metal Clay Sterling Silver Rings," offered from returning Rio Grande certified PMC teacher and artist, Lee Takasug...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: On The Go!

    Jul 17, 2010

    FREE ALL DAY! Delight in a day of family fun at the National Museum. July’s theme is travel! Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. Media Sponsors: Los Angeles Downtown News, KSCI-TV LA-18, and The Rafu Shimpo ALL DAY CRAFT ACTIVITIES: Tag! You're it! Create a fun luggage tag to identify your bag...

  • Legacy Series: Daniel Dae Kim

    May 15, 2010

    Enjoy an evening of candid conversations with some of the most successful and influential leaders within the entertainment industry, the seminars are an opportunity to gain first-hand insights and perspectives in a master class setting reminiscent of Bravo's "Inside the Actor’s Studio." The first Legacy Series' first guest is Lost's Daniel Dae Kim in conversation with Giant Robot's Eric Nakamura. Presented in c...

  • "A Promise Kept"

    Oct 16, 2004

    Our new series for families begins with the Japanese style of storytelling, kamishibai, currently making its way into 700 schools throughout the state of Arkansas. A Promise Kept is about the friendship and promise between two elementary school boys, Mitch and Tom, before, during, and after World War II. This story is especially for kids in fourth through sixth grade. A craft activity where kids can create their own ...

  • Crafting History

    Nov 16, 2002 - May 04, 2003

    Craft objects made by Japanese Americans comprise one of the most significant categories of artifacts from the World War II concentration camps. This exhibition examines arts and crafts as an important outlet for Japanese Americans during World War II, and explores what these items mean today as we reflect on the legacy of the incarceration. Crafting History: Arts and Crafts from America’s Concentration Camps will...

  • Japanese Americans in Baseball

    May 06, 2000

    This special program celebrates the opening of the traveling exhibition Diamonds in the Rough: Japanese Americans in Baseball. The exhibition’s organizers, the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) and the Nisei Baseball Research Project, will join the Japanese American National Museum for a tribute to Japanese American baseball players and a ceremonial first pitch. Curators Kerry Yo Nakagawa ...