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  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Jul 07, 2018

    Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Included with museum admission.

  • Members Only Exhibition Tour: "hapa.me – 15 years of the hapa project"

    Jul 07, 2018

    SOLD OUT Join exhibition creator Kip Fulbeck for a gallery tour of hapa.me. Space is limited to 25 participants. This tour is sold out. To be placed on a waitlist, please contact memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

  • Contested Histories at 2018 Minidoka Pilgrimage (Twin Falls, ID)

    Jul 06, 2018

    TRAVELING DISPLAY 2018 Minidoka Pilgrimage Twin Falls, ID 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongfully incarcerated in the World War II American concentration camps. It was one of the first books to examine any aspect of...

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour in Japanese

    Jul 01, 2018

    日系移民と日系アメリカ人の歴史を紹介する常設展「コモン・グラウンド」を日本語でご案内します。 ツアーは無料（入館料のみ）、予約不要です。

  • Legacies of Postwar Japan’s “War Bride” Era

    Jun 30, 2018

    FREE During and shortly after the US-Allied Occupation of Japan, the Japanese women who fraternized with soldiers often met opposition from their families and were shunned by other Japanese. Many mixed-race children faced severe prejudice for being “impure” and born from the former enemy. This symposium brings together various stakeholders to tell the stories of the war brides and their children. By focusing on...

  • Contested Histories at Tule Lake Pilgrimage 2018: Preserving Our Hallowed Ground (Klamath Falls, OR)

    Jun 29, 2018 - Jul 02, 2018

    TRAVELING DISPLAY Tule Lake Pilgrimage 2018: Preserving Our Hallowed Ground Klamath Falls, OR Friday: 4 p.m.–10 p.m. Saturday: 6 p.m.–10 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; workshop: 3:30 p.m.–5 p.m. Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongf...

  • AAJA-LA Asian American Film Festival

    Jun 26, 2018

    FREE Asian American Journalists Association of Los Angeles (AAJA-LA) kicks off its Summer Film Series with an evening at JANM celebrating emerging APA filmmakers. In partnership with HBO, the three winning films from HBO’s 2018 APA Visionaries Short Film Competition will be screened. June (1st Place) – Director: Huay-Bing Law Set on an American college campus during the 1960s, June chronicles the experie...

  • Author Discussion—"Life After Manzanar" by Naomi Hirahara and Heather C. Lindquist

    Jun 23, 2018

    If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. What happened to Japanese Americans when they were released from America’s concentration camps like Manzanar after World War II ended? Life after Manzanar seeks to answer this question by shedding light on the "Resettlement"—the relatively unexamined postwar period when ordinary people of Japanese ancestry were finally...

  • Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Naomi Hirahara and Heather C. Lindquist

    Jun 23, 2018

    All members are invited to an exclusive pre-event reception with authors Naomi Hirahara and Heather C. Lindquist prior to the author discussion about their book Life After Manzanar at 2 p.m. Space is limited. June 19 using the link below. You can also contact memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

  • JANM TO UNVEIL ‘SUPERNATURAL’ AT FREE OPENING RECEPTION FEB. 9 FROM 6:30 TO 9 P.M.

    Jan 30, 2013

    As part of its continuing Salon Pop series, the Japanese American National Museum will unveil its newest exhibition, Supernatural: The Art of Audrey Kawasaki, Edwin Ushiro, and Timothy Teruo Watters. The exhibition will run from February 9 through March 17, 2013 with an opening reception being planned for February 9 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the National Museum in Little Tokyo in downtown Los Angeles. The recept...