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  • JANM Hosts Manzanar Baseball Project Program December 7

    Nov 15, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host a program and panel discussion about the Manzanar Baseball Project, on Saturday, December 7, 2024, from 2 p.m.–4 p.m. Admission is $16 ($9 seniors, students, and youth, free for JANM Members) and includes entry to the Museum. Tickets are available at janm.org/events.During the 1940s, baseball was the national pastime of the US, including in Amer...

  • Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement at HIFF (Hawai‘i)

    Oct 12, 2024 - Oct 13, 2024

    Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement will have its Hawai‘i premiere at the Hawai‘i International Film Festival on Saturday, October 12 and Sunday, October 13, 2024.Experience this new sweeping documentary from JANM’s Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center and PBS SoCal that follows the life of visionary artist-activist Nobuko Miyamoto and her work that changed Asian America forever.Featuring rare archival footage, Nobuko M...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Welcomes the Passage of two Japanese American History Bills in the Omnibus Appropriations Package

    Dec 23, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum celebrates today’s passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 is an omnibus bill that will provide annual funding for the federal government and the passage of a variety of bills including the Norman Y. Mineta Japanese American C...

  • 2018 Day of Remembrance—The Civil Liberties Act of 1988: The Victory and the Unfinished Business

    Feb 17, 2018

    PAY WHAT YOU WISH JANM is proud to present the 2018 Day of Remembrance in partnership with Go For Broke National Education Center, Japanese American Citizens League–Pacific Southwest District, Manzanar Committee, Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress, Nikkei Progressives, OCA–Greater Los Angeles, and Progressive Asian Network for Action (PANA). In addition to marking the 76th anniversary of the signing ...

  • 2016 Natsumatsuri Family Festival

    Aug 13, 2016

    FREE ALL DAY! Join us for our annual summer celebration featuring Japanese and Japanese American performances, crafts, and activities. Musical performances by LA Matsuri Taiko, Common Souls, and Shin Kawasaki Basic taiko drumming and bon odori dance lessons Free samples of saataa andaagii (Okinawan deep-fried pastries) JANM Members Only reserved seating and express lines …and so much more...

  • Community Day of Remembrance

    Feb 16, 2013

    Pay-what-you-can! 2013 Day of Remembrance will mark the 71st Anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066, which led to the unlawful forced removal, and unconstitutional mass incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans. The 2013 Day of Remembrance will explore the theme, "The 25th Anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988: Our Struggle, Our Perseverance, Our Commitment" will celebrate the 25th anniversa...

  • CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS AT THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

    Dec 03, 2012

    The Japanese American National Museum celebrates the holiday season with two back-to-back Saturdays full of family fun. On Saturday, December 8, from 11AM to 4 PM, JANM presents its popular on-going series, Target Free Family Saturdays. Activities for the whole family include creating a fruit leather pouch, a colorful garland, an origami lantern, and a mini snow globe, plus kids of all ages can decorate holiday coo...

  • ID Film Festival

    Oct 02, 2009 - Oct 03, 2009

    The second annual ID Film Festival showcases films that challenge and celebrate what it means to be Asian. Free for members; $5 non-members per program. Or you can buy a festival pass for $30. (Unless otherwise noted.) For more information about the festival, go to: www.idfilmfest.org. DAY 2 of ID Film Festival 6 PM - Three Narrow Gates (Directed by Vincent Chui): US Premier. This film is part of our spotlig...

  • A Time of Innocence

    Oct 20, 2007

    Author Sanae Kawaguchi in conversation with Art Hansen Published in Japan in 2005, A Time of Innocence tells the poignant story of Japanese-American families who escaped the West Coast during the brief period of "voluntary evacuation" and made their dangerous way into the interior to avoid confinement in the government camps. This fictional account of the families' hardships, travails, and triumphs captures an emoti...

  • Drawing the Line

    Drawing the Line: Japanese American Art, Design & Activism in Post-War Los Angeles was a survey of the dynamic and diverse Japanese American contributions to the visual landscape of L.A. in the period following World War II. Works of art and historic documents—together with texts, images, and video clips from extensive oral histories—illustrated the delicate line that exists between form and function. Mike Ka...