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  • Contested Histories Talk with Clement Hanami

    Apr 11, 2020

    Learn about the origins and creation of Contested Histories: Art and Artifacts from the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection, from curator Clement Hanami, in this program and Q&A that was livestreamed on JANM’s YouTube channel. Read about Jack Muro and view his photographs.

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Feb 03, 2018

    Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Included with museum admission.

  • Film Screening, Panel Discussion, and Reception—Off the Menu: Asian America"

    Oct 25, 2015

    Off the Menu: Asian America, a new documentary by award-winning filmmaker Grace Lee, takes viewers on a road trip across the United States in an exploration of how family, history, faith, and geography shape people’s relationships to food and their communities. Lee travels from Houston, Texas, to Oak Creek, Wisconsin, to Oahu, Hawaii, seeking stories that reflect an evolving Asian Pacific America and the role food pl...

  • Members Only Family History Workshop

    Aug 08, 2015

    JANM members and their children, grandchildren, parents, and/or grandparents are invited to explore their family history together in this new workshop inspired by the Sugar/Islands exhibition. After a brief tour of the exhibition, your family will create sun prints using one or two family photos that you bring along (photos will not be damaged) and family records that will be prepared for you ahead of time. ...

  • Indigo Dyed and "Boro" Stitched "Shibori" with Shibori Girl

    Feb 01, 2014 - Feb 02, 2014

    This two-day workshop explores recycling vintage Japanese boro (tattered) textiles through indigo ombre dying techniques to create new scarves. Feel free to bring your own natural and lightweight fabric bits to use and share. $70 members, $90 non-members, an additional $40 materials fee (cash only) required at the beginning of class. Bring a pair of rubber gloves, sewing pins, and scissors. RSVP early; 24 partici...

  • Kidding Around the Kitchen Family Cooking Workshop: Spring Rolls into JANM!

    Mar 26, 2011

    This workshop celebrates the coming of spring and the creation of an assortment of Asian foods, including sweet and savory spring and egg rolls, noodle soups and salads. All workshops are $25 for members (one child & one adult); $35 for non-members (one child & one adult), an additional $20 materials fee (cash only) will be collected at the beginning of the workshop, admission is included. RSVP early, 25 participa...

  • "9066 to 9/11"

    Aug 05, 2004

    Produced by the National Museum's Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center, 9066 to 9/11 explores similarities between the treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II and Arab and South Asian Americans post-9/11. The film reveals disturbing parallels between these experiences -- separated by more than sixty years. While Executive Order 9066, which authorized the incarceration of Japanese Americans during the war was...

  • "9066 to 9/11"

    Jul 08, 2004

    Produced by the National Museum's Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center, 9066 to 9/11 explores similarities between the treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II and Arab and South Asian Americans post-9/11. The film reveals disturbing parallels between these experiences -- separated by more than sixty years. While Executive Order 9066, which authorized the incarceration of Japanese Americans during the war was...

  • Henry Sugimoto Collection

    (92.97, 2015.2, 2015.7) Artist Henry Sugimoto (1900–1990) was prolific in documenting his experiences as a Japanese immigrant in the United States and depicting scenes of places in California, Arkansas, New York, Mexico, France, and Japan from the 1920s until the 1980s through his artwork. The collection chronicles Sugimoto’s entire career from his travels throughout France and the United States, to his incarceration...

  • Sansei Rocker: Behind the Curtain

    All concert dates are now sold out. If you have questions about ticketing, please contact publicprograms@janm.org or call 213.625.0414. Tickets from $25-75 ($20-60 for JANM members) Travel back in time to the Sansei Dance Party Era in Los Angeles during the ’60s and ’70s through live music and storytelling! Written and produced by Harry Manaka, author of Chronicles of a Sansei Rocker, former owner of t...