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  • “Third Act” at the Chicago History Museum

    Sep 07, 2025

    JANM is proud to present Third Act at the Chicago History Museum on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. Generations of artists call Robert A. Nakamura “the godfather of Asian American media,” but his son and the director of JANM’s Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center, Tadashi Nakamura, calls him Dad. As Parkinson’s disease clouds Robert’s memory, Tad sets out to retrieve his story—and in the process discovers his own.Using the lesso...

  • Ireicho National Tour—Fort Lincoln, North Dakota

    Sep 05, 2025 - Sep 06, 2025

    JANM is partnering with The Irei Project and USC’s Duncan Ryuken Williams to travel The Ireichō: Book of Names in conjunction with pilgrimages to all ten former War Relocation Authority concentration camps, to other Department of Justice and Wartime Civil Control Administration incarceration sites, and selected cities across the US. The tour is part of JANM on the Go, a series of programs and exhibitions presented ac...

  • From the Street to the World: Legacies of the Import Car Scene

    Aug 30, 2025

    Dive into the world of import tuners with a panel discussion about the roots of the import car scene, beginning with its earliest emergence in the 1970s through the explosion of interest in the 1980s through 2000s.Cruising J-Town exhibition curator Oliver Wang will be in conversation with a range of panelists including Robert Jung, founding member of the Nikkei racing club Westside Racing Association; Tim Mochizuki, ...

  • Saturday, August 30 Cruising J-Town Program Highlights Key Influencers of the Import Car Scene

    Aug 26, 2025

    Media AdvisoryWHAT:Dive into the world of import tuners with a panel discussion about the roots of the import car scene, beginning with its earliest emergence in the 1970s through the explosion of interest in the 1980s through 2000s.Join the conversation as they talk about how Japanese imports made inroads into the American car scene in the 1970s and how two generations of Japanese American and other Asian American y...

  • JANMコレクションレプリカからたどる 日系アメリカ人の歴史と美術

    Aug 23, 2025 - Sep 21, 2025

    巡回展古川美術館（名古屋）火〜日曜：10:00am-5:00pm、月休館ホームページ: www.furukawa-museum.or.jp 全米日系人博物館は、日系移民と日系アメリカ人の歴史と文化を収集・保存するアメリカを代表する博物館です。その所蔵コレクションから、多彩な日系アメリカ人アーティストの芸術的作品を紹介いたします。複製の形で展示するこれらの作品は、移民から戦時中の強制収容の歴史を記録するとともに、その時、日系アメリカ人アーティストたちが何を見て考えていたのかを浮かび上がらせています。第二次世界大戦中、アメリカ西海岸に住んでいた日系アメリカ人は、不当にもアメリカの強制収容所へと送られました。彼らはその過酷な生活においても、創造力やユーモアを失わず、その中で見つけた美や喜びを描いていきました。日系アメリカ人のアーティストの、たくましさと芸術性に触れ、その歴史をたどっていただければ幸いです。上作品：ヒサコ・ヒビ、「洗濯室...

  • Japanese American History and Art from JANM’s Collection at Furukawa Art Museum (Nagoya, Japan)

    Aug 23, 2025 - Sep 21, 2025

    TRAVELING EXHIBITIONFurukawa Art MuseumNagoya, JapanTuesday - Sunday: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Closed on MondaysWeb: furukawa-museum.or.jp/en As the leading institution in the United States that collects and preserves the history and culture of Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans, the Japanese American National Museum is delighted to share the diverse artistic talent from our collection.These works of art—present...

  • Breaking the Frame: Two Solo Shows on Art and Identity

    Aug 21, 2025 - Aug 23, 2025

    The Democracy Center presents two solo shows that explore what happens when two Asian American performers fall deeply in love with Western mediums—movies and opera—they discover that they both may be in too deep. Bee Vang’s Your Movie Guide to Life delves into an actor’s existential journey through cinema, Hmong history, his antiwar activism, and his role in Clint Eastwood’s film, Gran Torino. Kurt Kanazawa’s L’Oper...

  • JANM’s Nikkei Children’s Book Festival is on Saturday, September 20

    Aug 20, 2025

    Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present the Nikkei Children’s Book Festival on Saturday, September 20, 2025. The festival will be held at the Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) from 10...

  • Saturday, August 30 Cruising J-Town Program Highlights Legacies of the Import Car Scene

    Aug 20, 2025

    PSAWHAT:Dive into the world of import tuners with a panel discussion about the roots of the import car scene, beginning with its earliest emergence in the 1970s through the explosion of interest in the 1980s through 2000s.WHEN:Saturday, August 30, 2025 from 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m. PDTDETAILS:Cruising J-Town exhibition curator Oliver Wang will be in conversation with a range of panelists including:Robert Jung, founding membe...

  • National Day of Action to Defend History News Conference and Rally Comes to Little Tokyo Aug. 23

    Aug 18, 2025

    Media AdvisoryWHAT:A National Day of Action news conference and community rally to defend the truth of World War II Japanese American incarceration history. Survivors of World War II incarceration camps along with community activists and allies will join to defend the accurate presentation of history in America’s National Parks and to honor the people and places that shape our past.The event is supported by organizat...