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  • Author Conversation—A Rebel’s Outcry: Biography of Issei Civil Rights Leader Sei Fujii

    Sep 03, 2022

    FREE In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Celebrate the release of the award-winning biography of civil rights leader, Sei Fujii, with a special 10th anniversary screening of the short film Lil Tokyo Reporter and a discussion around the biography. The conversation will include filmmaker and publisher Jeffrey Gee Chin and Academy Award-winner Chris Tashima, and actress Keiko Agena. This program is prese...

  • 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 ...

  • Private Tours of Collections

    Mar 01, 2014

    By appointment only, all month long Upper Level President’s & Chairman’s Circle Members are invited to experience a behind-the-scenes tour of the world’s largest collection of Japanese American artifacts. Your on-going support helps maintain this unique collection that chronicles over 130 years of Japanese American history. Contact Charlien Church at cchurch@janm.org or 213.830.5676 to reserve a personalized t...

  • Private Tours of Collections

    Feb 01, 2014

    By appointment only, all month long Upper Level President’s & Chairman’s Circle Members are invited to experience a behind-the-scenes tour of the world’s largest collection of Japanese American artifacts. Your on-going support helps maintain this unique collection that chronicles over 130 years of Japanese American history. Contact Charlien Church at cchurch@janm.org or 213.830.5676 to reserve a personalized t...

  • Private Tours of Collections

    Jan 01, 2014

    By appointment only, beginning January 2014 Upper Level President’s & Chairman’s Circle Members are invited to experience a behind-the-scenes tour of the world’s largest collection of Japanese American artifacts. Your on-going support helps maintain this unique collection that chronicles over 130 years of Japanese American history. Contact Charlien Church at cchurch@janm.org or 213.830.5676 to reserve a person...

  • Giant Robot Biennale 3

    Sep 23, 2012 - Jan 20, 2013

    The Japanese American National Museum presents Giant Robot Biennale 3, its third show in conjunction with Eric Nakamura, owner of Asian American pop culture juggernaut Giant Robot. The expansive show features a gallery of eight emerging artists along with a customized vinyl figure collection. Following two previous successful exhibitions at the National Museum, the Biennale continues to push the envelope with a cr...

  • Bringing the Circle Together: From the Badlands to Alcatraz

    Jul 24, 2010

    Free Screening of From the Badlands to Alcatraz From the Badlands to Alcatraz weaves the past and present of both Alcatraz and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation into a vivid depiction of the awe-inspiring journey five Lakota youth Alkapoane White Calf, Lisa and Kelly Water, and Arlo and Philip Iron Cloud navigate as they arrive in San Francisco from South Dakota and prepare for the extreme challenge of swimming fr...

  • Community Day of Remembrance

    Feb 20, 2010

    *SPECIAL: Pay what you can! Day of Remembrance 2010 The Day of Remembrance commemorates the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, which led to the unconstitutional forced removal of thousands of Americans of Japanese ancestry from their homes on the West Coast and parts of Hawai`i by the U.S. government. A grassroots movement to petition the government for an official apol...

  • MUSEUM SETS REDRESS PROGRAM SERIES TO MARK 20TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2008

    Dec 17, 2007

    The Japanese American National Museum has organized a series of special events, public programs and collaborations for 2008 to help mark the 20th Anniversary of the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which provided an official government apology and redress for thousands of Japanese Americans unlawfully forced from their homes during World War II. Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on August 10, 19...

  • A Mission of Friendship

    Aug 10, 2002

    Three expert panelists provide insight into the grassroots efforts of ordinary citizens to better relations between the U.S. and Japan in 1927. They also reveal efforts to preserve the surviving dolls and continuing relations started 75 years ago. The panel features Michiko Takaoka, director of the Japanese Cultural Center, Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute, Spokane, Washington; Rosie Skiles, Friendship Doll Researcher,...