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  • The Art of Museum and Memory with Karen Tei Yamashita

    Mar 25, 2022

    Free RSVP for In Person RSVP for Virtual Join us in a celebration of author Karen Tei Yamashita, UC Santa Cruz emerita professor of literature, who was recently awarded the 2021 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from The National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards. Yamashita will discuss her work and writings, followed by an audience Q&A moderated by Jasmi...

  • Through Stanley’s Eyes: Telling Stories of Heart Mountain

    Oct 29, 2021

    RSVP TO ATTEND IN PERSON CLICK TO WATCH THE LIVESTREAM How do we tell personal narratives in ways that highlight our community’s broader history and impact? Join for a conversation on innovative ways to share the voices of Heart Mountain, as well as other WWII incarceration sites, in to order to inspire, advocate, and educate. Dakota Russell (Executive Director, Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation), Clem...

  • 11th Annual Kokoro Craft Boutique

    Oct 06, 2019

    FREE ADMISSION TO BOUTIQUE Vendors will be on hand with unique jewelry, kimono fabric fashions, cultural t-shirts, handbags, ceramics, origami, bronze and glass art, pet accessories, and more! Performances by Yuujou Daiko and harpist Audrey Kato. Admission to the boutique is free. A $25 purchase gets you free museum admission (10/6/19 only) and a 10% discount at local participating Little Tokyo eateries during ...

  • Kaiju-Con

    Jun 15, 2019

    LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS AVAILABLE AT DOOR In conjunction with Kaiju vs Heroes, JANM is hosting a day-long Kaiju-Con that will include a vendor hall, demonstration, panel discussions, screening, and raffle all related to kaiju and Japanese toys. The day will culminate in a special free outdoor screening at 8:30 p.m., on JANM’s plaza of Mothra vs. Godzilla from 1964. Kaiju-Con tickets include same-day museum ad...

  • Author Discussion—"American Sutra" by Duncan Williams

    Feb 23, 2019

    If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War by Duncan Williams FREE Duncan Ryuken Williams, a Soto Zen Buddhist priest and Director of the USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture, will speak about his new book, American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom During the S...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM TRAVELS “CONTESTED HISTORIES” TO SEATTLE

    Sep 13, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum will travel its pop-up display of the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection, which was saved from the auction block in 2015 through the efforts of Japanese American community leaders and activists, to NVC Hall in Seattle. The display will be free and open to the public on November 24 and 25, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. While conducting research for a book about art a...

  • Contested Histories at Tule Lake Pilgrimage 2018: Preserving Our Hallowed Ground (Klamath Falls, OR)

    Jun 29, 2018 - Jul 02, 2018

    TRAVELING DISPLAY Tule Lake Pilgrimage 2018: Preserving Our Hallowed Ground Klamath Falls, OR Friday: 4 p.m.–10 p.m. Saturday: 6 p.m.–10 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; workshop: 3:30 p.m.–5 p.m. Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongf...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM RECEIVES GRANT FROM FREEMAN FOUNDATION

    Jun 21, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum has received a $300,000 grant from the Asian Arts and Culture Educational Funding Initiative of the Freeman Foundation. The funding will help support JANM’s educational programming and will facilitate free admission for primary- and secondary- school students who might not otherwise have the opportunity to visit JANM. For over 25 years, the Freeman Foundation h...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNOUNCES FIRST VENUES FOR EATON COLLECTION DISPLAY

    Jun 14, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum will bring its pop-up display of the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection, which was saved from the auction block in 2015 through the efforts of Japanese American community leaders and activists, to five venues during June and July. These venues are the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC), the Tule Lake Pilgrimage, the Minidoka Pil...

  • ‘VISION, VALUES, VOICES’ THEME FOR NATIONAL MUSEUM’S 2013 ANNUAL GALA DINNER ON APRIL 13

    Mar 26, 2013

    Los Angeles, CA - The Japanese American National Museum will present its 2013 Gala Dinner, Silent Auction, and After Party on Saturday, April 13, 2013 at the recently-renovated Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Century City. This year’s Dinner theme, Vision, Values, Voices, will highlight how the National Museum’s work has successfully shared the first-person voices and evolving perspectives from the Japanese Amer...