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  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM RECEIVES TRANSFORMATIVE GIFT FROM PHILANTHROPIST MACKENZIE SCOTT

    Jun 15, 2021

    LOS ANGELES – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is honored to announce that it received a transformative $10 million gift today from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. It is the largest single gift in the Museum’s history. “After a year that profoundly challenged the Museum, the nation, and the Asian community, we are deeply grateful for this landmark gift and to Ms. Scott for her generosity and visionary...

  • THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM (JANM) ANNOUNCES WORLD PREMIERE OF “A LIFE IN PIECES: THE DIARY AND LETTERS OF STANLEY HAYAMI” AT TRIBECA FESTIVAL 2021

    Jun 10, 2021

    LOS ANGELES – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will debut a new immersive experience June 9 at the Tribeca Festival 2021 that brings to life the diary and letters of a Los Angeles teenager whose Japanese American family was imprisoned by the U.S government during World War II. “A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami” was created by Nonny de la Peña of Emblematic Group, a producer of ...

  • 2019 Gala Dinner and Silent Auction—Vision and Commitment: Our Journey of Renewal

    Apr 13, 2019

    The 2019 Gala Dinner will pay tribute to its charter members—the first individuals and families to see and believe in the importance of the museum and its enduring role in our democratic society. Our vision and commitment have remained unwavering since our founding, and each new generation inspires us to further demonstrate our ongoing relevance in today’s world. Spotlighting the stories of charter members from ac...

  • Two-Day Workshop: Indigo, "Shibori", and the Making of an Offering Bag

    Jan 19, 2019 - Jan 20, 2019

    SOLD OUT Saturday–Sunday, January 19–20 11 a.m.–4 p.m. In a departure from the regular indigo and shibori workshop, the first day of this workshop will focus on indigo and shibori dyeing of recycled fabrics and threads. Those will then be used the following day to make a replica of a komebukuro, or offering bag. These bags, in which offerings were taken to the local temple, were originally made from ...

  • The Asian American Movement of the 1960s–70s: JACS-AI and Activism Today

    Sep 09, 2017

    FREE with RSVP Join us for an interactive program that will look at the long history of Japanese American activism in Little Tokyo through the lens of an innovative project: Japanese American Community Services-Asian Involvement (JACS-AI). JACS-AI was a pivotal social services agency established in 1963 with funds from the shuttered Shonien children’s home, founded in 1914 by Rokuichi Kusumoto to m...

  • AUTHOR OF 'IMPRISONED IN PARADISE' TO DISCUSS WW II KOOSKIA CAMP STORY

    Jul 05, 2011

    Author and researcher Priscilla Wegars will discuss the contents of her book, Imprisoned in Paradise: Japanese Internee Road Workers at the World War II Internment Camp at a public program set for the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, July 16, beginning at 2 p.m. During the war, the U.S. government falsely imprisoned over 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry. The great majority (110,000) was held in 10...

  • Summer Film Festival: "Top of Their Game"

    Jul 16, 2009 - Jul 31, 2009

    To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center, the National Museum will continuously screen Top of Their Game. Top of Their Game profiles Japanese American athletes from three generations and nine different sports. Interviews, historical images and action footage reveal the behind-the-scenes stories of those who have risen to the “top of their game.” Featured are Kristi Yama...

  • Redress Remembered: WWII Rendition of Japanese Latin Americans

    Oct 25, 2008

    REDRESS REMEMBERED During WWII, over 2200 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry were kidnapped from 13 Latin American countries and interned in Department of Justice camps and Army facilities for the purpose of hostage exchange. Learn more about what they endured during WWII, their ongoing redress struggle to hold the US government accountable for war crimes, and lessons for present day challenges. Sp...

  • NATIONAL MUSEUM TO MARK 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF REDRESS

    Sep 18, 2007

    The Japanese American National Museum announced it will mark the historic occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 with a series of major events and public programs throughout 2008, including honoring community organizations and individuals who led the fight for Japanese American redress at its annual dinner and several sessions devoted to the subject at its national conferen...

  • The Art and Philosophy of North American Taiko

    Jun 29, 2001

    As part of the 2001 Taiko Conference, the National Museum is pleased to host a series of lectures, demonstrations and workshops. The first presentation will feature Mark Miyoshi, the founder and craftsman of Miyoshi Daiko. One of the reasons taiko has become so widespread is the American innovation of making drums out of wine-barrels. First created by L.A.'s own Kinnara Taiko in the late 60's, making taiko drums from...