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  • The Enduring Power of Oral History: An Afternoon with Art Hansen & Friends

    Nov 04, 2023

    Noted Japanese American scholar and oral historian Arthur A. Hansen is guest of honor for an afternoon of reminiscences and oral histories from fellow scholars and friends. Bruce Embrey, executive director of the Manzanar Committee, will serve as moderator. Arthur A. Hansen is professor emeritus of History at California State University Fullerton, past director of the university’s Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral...

  • Addressing the Roots of Antisemitism Within Marginalized Communities

    May 16, 2023

    Holocaust Museum LA and the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at JANM present a discussion on the roots of antisemitism that exists within marginalized communities. Panelists Robin Toma, Executive Director, Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission Jordanna Gessler, Vice President of Education and Exhibits, Holocaust Museum LA Alison De La Cruz, Community Self-Determination and Cultu...

  • Nima Voices: Episode 5—Jay Horinouchi

    Jul 06, 2021

    Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories. Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief, but enlightening, interviews. Joi...

  • Museum Store Sunday

    Nov 29, 2020

    FREE GIFT WITH PURCHASE OF $20 OR MORE! We are celebrating the fourth annual Museum Store Sunday on November 29 by offering a special gift with purchases over $20! Get a FREE mixed set of Allen Say’s Tree of Cranes holiday cards. Enjoy six each of his two signature illustrations (a total of 12 cards) from the Caldecott Award-winning artist’s very special holiday book. On November 29, 2020, when you purch...

  • JANM TO HOST “COMMON GROUND CONVERSATIONS” BEGINNING IN JANUARY

    Dec 14, 2016

    The Japanese American National Museum will host a four-week series of "Common Ground Conversations" in the galleries of its Common Ground: The Heart of Community exhibition beginning January 12, 2017. Sessions will take place on consecutive Thursday evenings from 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and each will focus on a different topic. Staff members of the museum’s education department will lead each session and facilitate the...

  • JANM’S ANNUAL OSHOGATSU FAMILY FESTIVAL SET FOR JANUARY 8, 2017

    Dec 01, 2016

    The Japanese American National Museum will hold its annual Oshogatsu Family Festival on Sunday, January 8, 2017, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The New Year celebration will include free crafts, performances, and cultural activities for people of all ages to help ring in the Year of the Rooster. Highlights of the day will include demonstrations of the ancient art of candy sculpting, sample bowls of lucky zaru soba fo...

  • JANM ANNOUNCES HONOREES AND THEME FOR 2017 ANNUAL GALA DINNER

    Nov 15, 2016

    The Japanese American National Museum will hold its annual Gala Dinner and Silent Auction on May 6, 2017, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, Los Angeles. The evening’s theme will be Reconnecting with the Past, Forging Our Future and the honorees will be Irene Hirano Inouye, the museum’s founding Executive Director; Bruce T. Kaji, a founding Director and the founding President of the museum; and Tom Ikeda, ...

  • Moving Images Collection

    The Japanese American National Museum has published a trove of rare home-movie footage from the Museum’s historic collections on its Discover Nikkei website. This online collection includes rare home-movie footage of over 330 film clips about the daily lives of Japanese Americans from the 1920s through the 1960s including poignant footage from America’s World War II concentration camps. Drawn from the Nationa...

  • Dreams to Dreams - Artist Interpretations

    The Japanese American National Museum in association with Dacosta of Chocolate Soop brought together artists who customized Chocolate Soop’s DCTO (Dream Come True Object), a futuristic vinyl version of the traditional Japanese daruma. Check out the photos below to view the various artists’ interpretations. A few of the pieces are available to purchase at the JANM Store. Tako Rikishi (Octopus Sumo) J...

  • Allen Say’s Journey—Caldecott Medal Acceptance Speech

    By Allen Say I know that it’s a tradition for the recipients of the Caldecott and Newbery Medals to talk about what they were doing when fate called. It always gives me pleasure to break traditions, and if that’s rebellion, I must be young at heart. Anyway, when I received my call, and when it became clear that the news wasn’t some cruel prank or a grotesque mistake, I called Walter Lorraine, my editor. I asked hi...