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  • Defining Courage at the Palace of Fine Arts (San Francisco, CA)

    Mar 02, 2024

    ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY! Saturday, March 2, 2024 • 4 p.m. Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco, CA Defining Courage is a journey into the legacy of the Nisei Soldier, Americans of Japanese ancestry who served in the segregated military units of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service, and 522nd Field Artillery Battalion. Considered the greatest fighting u...

  • Cross Cultural Cuisine: The Art of Bringing People Together

    Dec 03, 2023

    A free afternoon program of conversation and food with restaurateurs, chefs, entrepreneurs, and culture commentators that will explore cross-cultural influences on ethnic cuisine in America. Speakers Curtis Chin, celebrated filmmaker and author of the new memoir, Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant Johneric Concordia, chef and co-founder of The Park’s Finest Genevieve Erin O’Brien, co...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of US Senator Dianne Feinstein

    Sep 30, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of US Senator Dianne Feinstein. She was San Francisco’s first female mayor and one of California’s two first female senators. In Congress, she was the first woman to lead the Senate Intelligence Committee and was the first woman to serve as the Judiciary Committee’s top Democrat. Throughout her career she advocated for civil liberties, ...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Warns of Erasure of History with the Proposed Lava Ridge Wind Project

    Apr 17, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) warns of the erasure of World War II Japanese American history if the Lava Ridge Wind Project is approved. Overseen by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the project proposes to build up to 400 wind turbines on 76,000 acres surrounding the Minidoka National Historic Site in southern Idaho. The BLM is accepting comments from the public on the draft pro...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM TO DISPLAY EATON COLLECTION AS "CONTESTED HISTORIES"

    Dec 20, 2017

    Los Angeles, CA—Beginning January 7, 2018, the Japanese American National Museum will display the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection, which was saved from the auction block in 2015 through the efforts of various community groups that felt Japanese American history from World War II should not be for sale. Opening day coincides with the museum’s annual Oshogatsu Family Festival, which is free all day from 11 a.m. to 5...

  • KOKORO CRAFT BOUTIQUE SET FOR OCTOBER 1 AT JANM

    Sep 05, 2017

    Los Angeles, CA—The ninth annual Kokoro Craft Boutique, organized by volunteers at the Japanese American National Museum, will take place Sunday, October 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Yuujou Daiko, a taiko performance group based in South San Gabriel, will perform at 1 p.m. Admission to the boutique is free. Kokoro Craft Boutique will feature more than 50 vendors selling unique jewelry, kimono fabric fashions, Giant R...

  • NEW EXHIBITION EXPLORING JAPANESE LATINO AND LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS TO OPEN AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

    Aug 24, 2017

    Los Angeles, CA Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo, a new exhibition opening at the Japanese American National Museum on September 17, will examine the experiences of artists of Japanese ancestry born, raised, or living in either Latin America or predominantly Latin American neighborhoods of Southern California. The exhibition will show how ethni...

  • Ansel Adams at Manzanar—Article

    A Glimpse of the Elusive Truth Ansel Adams at Manzanar By Lisa Itagaki I believe that the arid splendor of the desert, ringed with towering mountains, has strengthened the spirit of the people of Manzanar…From the harsh soil they have extracted fine crops; they have made gardens glow in the firebreaks and between the barracks. Out of the jostling, dusty confusion of the first bleak days in raw barracks they h...

  • Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations (2024)

    Learn about the intersection of history, culture, and community through a workshop from JANM and the National Endowment for the Humanities: “Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations."

  • Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations (2022)

    Learn about the intersection of history, culture, and community through a workshop from JANM and the National Endowment for the Humanities: “Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations."