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  • Member Appreciation Days: Holiday Edition

    Nov 23, 2018 - Nov 25, 2018

    Friday–Sunday, November 23–25, 2018 Members enjoy a 20% discount at the JANM Store and janmstore.com. They also receive free museum admission and a 20% discount at several other Southern California institutions. Visit janmstore.com/membershopping in October for details, restrictions, and a list of participants. November 25 is also the second annual Museum Store Sunday; check back for details on special o...

  • Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Uprooted"

    Dec 17, 2016

    Join Uprooted: Japanese American Farm Labor Camps During World War II exhibition curator Morgen Young for an exclusive gallery tour. This tour has reached capacity; no additional reservations can be accepted. Image: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, LC-USF34-073759-D.

  • Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live!

    Sep 26, 2015

    Free admission to JANM all day! In the spirit of the Smithsonian Museums, which offer free admission every day, JANM is participating in this year’s Museum Day Live. Admission will be free for all visitors.

  • Gallery Talk: Drawing the Line

    Feb 11, 2012

    Gallery talks with several of the artists featured in Drawing the Line: Japanese American Art, Design and Activism in Post-War Los Angeles.

  • The 27th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

    May 03, 2011 - May 04, 2011

    The 27th Annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival will be at the National Museum from May 3 to May 4. Presented by Visual Communications (VC), the nation’s premier APA media arts center, screenings will premier and showcase Asian American and International Asian cinema in the nation. The film festival screens 150 films and videos from over 20 countries. 200 industry professionals including filmmakers, celebri...

  • Crossings

    Apr 02, 2009 - Jun 21, 2009

    See the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II through the eyes of ten unique artists from the past and the present. Featuring several never before displayed works from the Museum’s collections, Crossings places art created during the war alongside contemporary work to demonstrate how artists can provide insight into a dark episode in American history and expose its lasting impact on a community...

  • Exhibition Tour: Common Ground

    Sep 06, 2008

    Tour our ongoing exhibition Common Ground: Heart of a Community with our experienced and knowledgeable docents.

  • 2ND SUNDAY FOR FAMILIES

    Oct 14, 2001

    Halloween SPOOKY Fun Get ready for Halloween! Join us for a ghoulishly delightful afternoon of storytelling and art-making. Then, join us for a pre-Halloween trick-or-treat in Little Tokyo. Boo! Storytelling - Enjoy a reading of goblin stories by actor Rodney Kageyama. Make Your Own Mask - See masks from Japan, Korea, Africa and other countries and learn how to make a fun mask yourself. Trick-or-T...

  • Panel Discussion for the "Beliz Brother, Mei-ling Hom, and Kim Yasuda: Celebrating U.S. - Japan Creative Artists Exchange Fellowship Program" Exhibition

    May 12, 2001

    Featuring: Prof. Masako Notoji (Tokyo University), Dr. Carol Gluck (Columbia University), Dr. Richard Wood (Yale University), Professor Nagayo Homma (Seijyo University), and moderated by E. Barry Keehn, President of the Japan America Society. Panelists will examine the relationship between the US and Japan over the last 50 years, in particular, how each country impacts each other culturally, economically and socia...

  • Koto and Shakuhachi Concert

    May 03, 1997

    Special Performance Master musicians, Masakazu Yoshizawa on shakuhachi (bamboo flute) and Hiromi Hashibe on koto (stringed harp-like instrument), perform sokyoku (traditional classical) and contemporary music in this special concert. Woodwind specialist Masakazu Yoshizawa is a multifaceted musician, composer, and studio and concert performer who has played and recorded with Henry Mancini, John Williams, t...