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  • JANM STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP’S MUSLIM REGISTRY STANCE

    Dec 22, 2016

    The Japanese American National Museum is dismayed by the latest remarks of President elect-Donald Trump that indicate he favors the creation of a registry for Muslim Americans. The targeting of any group, whether based on race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other single factor cannot be tolerated. "Perhaps never before has the museum’s mission to promote understanding and appreciation of Amer...

  • "Uprooted" Lecture and Panel Discussion

    Dec 17, 2016

    Exhibition curator Morgen Young will moderate a panel discussion with Nisei James Tanaka, Tohoru Isobe, and Albert Komatsu, who will provide firsthand accounts of living and working in the farm labor camps. Young will also provide insights into the creation of the farm labor program, the national need for sugar beet labor, and Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographer Russell Lee, whose documentation of the c...

  • Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Uprooted"

    Dec 17, 2016

    Join Uprooted: Japanese American Farm Labor Camps During World War II exhibition curator Morgen Young for an exclusive gallery tour. This tour has reached capacity; no additional reservations can be accepted. Image: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, LC-USF34-073759-D.

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Dec 17, 2016

    Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with JANM docents. $12 members, $15 non-members. Museum admission included. Comfortable walking shoes recommended. Weather permitting. Limited to 20 participants.

  • Edible Adventures: Little Tokyo Sushi Graze

    Dec 17, 2016

    Take a stroll through Little Tokyo and sample the many varieties of sushi, from makizushi to chirashi zushi. In between stops, listen to sushi masters tell stories that evoke the 130-year history of the neighborhood. Comfortable walking shoes recommended. $64 members; $80 non-members. Food and museum admission included. Limited to 12 participants.

  • Time After Time Capsule Drop-Off Day

    Dec 15, 2016

    FREE Bring a cherished personal item or a colorfully decorated letter to your future self to be placed in the gigantic Hello Kitty time capsule by kawaii artist Sebastian Masuda. (Masuda will not be here for the drop-off day. If you would like to meet him in person, please join us for a workshop with the artist at JANM’s Oshogatsu Family Festival on January 8.) Masuda is organizing a total of 10 translucent tim...

  • Members Only Program and Reception—"Only the Oaks Remain"

    Dec 10, 2016

    Only the Oaks Remain tells the true stories of those targeted as dangerous enemy aliens and imprisoned in the Tuna Canyon Detention Station, located in the Tujunga neighborhood of Los Angeles, by the US Department of Justice during World War II. In conjunction with the opening day, all JANM members are invited to a moderated panel discussion. Speakers will include Dr. Lloyd Hitt, local Tujunga historian; ...

  • AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR ALLEN SAY TO READ FROM LATEST BOOK, 'THE BOY IN THE GARDEN', OCT. 17

    Oct 05, 2010

    Author/illustrator Allen Say, whose children’s books have won numerous awards, will read from his latest work, The Boy in the Garden, at a public program and book signing set for Sunday, October 17, at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum. Say has been recognized as one of the top illustrators and authors for many years. His illustration of Annetta Lawson’s book The Lucky Yak won him the New York Times ...

  • OCTOBER TARGET FREE FAMILY SATURDAY'S THEME 'JUST FOR KICKS' FEATURES MARTIAL ARTS

    Oct 01, 2010

    Martial arts demonstrations and instruction will be among the many activities available at the Japanese American National Museum as part of its regular series, Target Free Family Saturday, with the theme, "Just for Kicks!", set for Saturday, October 9, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Among the activities scheduled for specific times is hands-on fun with inflatable sumo suits. Part...

  • AUTHOR OF 'BEST FRIENDS FOREVER' CREATED BOOK AFTER INTERVIEWING LONG-TIME NATIONAL MUSEUM VOLUNTEERS

    Sep 29, 2010

    Best Friends Forever: A World War II Scrapbook author Beverly Patt will read from her book and talk about her research to create a work of fiction based on historical events at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, October 2, beginning at 2 p.m. The story concerns two young girls, Louise Krueger and Dottie Masuoka, who find themselves separated by the government’s unconstitutional forced removal of Ja...