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  • Breakfast & Ballots (Cal Matters)

    Oct 01, 2024

    Do you have questions about the election? How does Prop 5 make it easier for local governments to borrow money? Why would Prop 36 partly roll back another proposition that voters approved in 2014? Join Dan Hu and CalMatters as they analyze and answer your burning questions about this year’s ballot propositions in a conversation around the latest edition of their Voter Guide. This event is free and open to all. Contin...

  • Asobi at JANM: Paint by Numbers Flat Plants with Scout Regalia

    Sep 19, 2024

    Join Makoto Mizutani and Benjamin Luddy of Scout Regalia to create “paint by numbers” SR Flat Plants! Participants will create a flat plant made of intersecting plywood and easy-to-paint guidelines for the ultimate no-maintenance houseplant. Enjoy specially crafted cocktails and mocktails from our neighbors at Wolf & Crane and beer from Brewyard Beer Company. We will also have drinks from Sanzo and light refreshme...

  • Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement at AAIFF in New York

    Aug 01, 2024

    Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement will have its East Coast premiere at AAIFF in New York on Thursday, August 1, 2024. Following the screening will be a rare cultural experience with a performance by Nobuko Miyamoto, a Q&A with Nobuko and the filmmakers, Tadashi Nakamura and Quyên Nguyen-Le, and a reception.Experience this new sweeping documentary from JANM’s Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center and PBS SoCal that foll...

  • Smithsonian Exhibition on Implicit Bias Comes to JANM on November 18, 2023

    Oct 02, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Bias Inside Us, a nationally touring exhibition about implicit bias, will be on view at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) from November 18, 2023–January 28, 2024. Presented by JANM’s National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) and organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), the exhibition discusses the social science and psyc...

  • Two-Day Jewelry Workshop: The Wonderful World of "Washi"

    Feb 09, 2019 - Feb 10, 2019

    Saturday–Sunday, February 9–10 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Come explore the new possibilities of Japanese washi paper with Reiko Nakano. Our main project will be a washi/commercial beaded necklace integrated into a metal chain via looping and wrapping. The second project will be a washi wrapped metal bracelet. Please bring sharp scissors, a shoebox for supplies, a snack, and a desire to learn. Additional material...

  • Day of Remembrance 2017: Unite to Uphold Our Civil Rights

    Feb 18, 2017

    If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. PAY WHAT YOU WISH On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which paved the way for the forced removal and incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast during World War II. This year’s Day of Remembrance commemorates the 75th anniversary of this historic miscarri...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM MOURNS THE PASSING OF CONGRESSMAN MARK TAKAI

    Jul 28, 2016

    Statement by Norman Y. Mineta, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum, on the passing of US Congressman Mark Takai: The leadership, staff, and volunteers of the Japanese American National Museum were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Congressman Mark Takai. Along with others in the Japanese American community, we are grateful for Mark’s years of service as a distingui...

  • STATEMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICAN AND ASIAN AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS CONDEMNING REMARKS BY ROANOKE MAYOR AND POLITICAL DEMAGOGUERY SURROUNDING PLIGHT OF SYRIAN AND IRAQI REFUGEES

    Nov 25, 2015

    The under-signed Asian American associations and institutions condemn Roanoke Mayor David Bowers’ efforts to justify his request to city agencies to deny aid to Syrian refugees by citing President Roosevelt’s decision to incarcerate 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, and the recent political demagoguery surrounding the treatment of Syrian and Iraqi refugees. Far from justifying the exclusion of ref...

  • Friends of the Museum: Kokoro Craft Affair

    May 30, 2009

    Come to a showcase and sale of unique, high quality, handcrafted items in a wide range of prices. Crafts for sale include: Contemporary Kokeshi Art - Jewelry - Purses - Woodcraft - Origami art - Kimono Fabric Clothing - Paintings - Ceramics - Cultural T-Shirts - Floral Art - Glass Art, and More! Admission to the Boutique is FREE. A portion of the profits will support the National Museum's educational programs ...

  • In this Great Land of Freedom

    Aug 07, 1993 - Jan 16, 1994

    This historical overview exhibition is created by the Museum in partnership with the Oregon Historical Society and the Japanese American community in Oregon. The exhibition tells of the early struggles and triumphs of the Japanese pioneers of Oregon from 1890 to 1952.