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  • "Moving Day"

    Jul 01, 2017 - Aug 11, 2017

    March 23 – August 11, 2017 Daily from sunset to midnight In conjunction with the exhibition Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066, JANM presents Moving Day, an outdoor public art installation. The work consists of a series of projections of the Civilian Exclusion Orders that were publicly posted during World War II to inform persons of Japanese ancestry of their impending forced removal...

  • OUTDOOR CONCERT AND "STAR TREK VI" MOVIE SCREENING SET FOR JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

    Jun 29, 2017

    Los Angeles, CA Actor and activist George Takei will welcome attendees to an outdoor screening of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, in which he stars as Captain Hikaru Sulu, commander of the USS Excelsior, at the Japanese American National Museum on Thursday, July 27, 2017. The movie will be preceded by a short concert performance by Tim Russ Crew, a pop-rock band fronted by fellow Star Trek actor Tim Russ. ...

  • Members Only—Meet George Takei

    Jun 24, 2017

    SOLD OUT Members at the Family/Dual level and up are invited to attend this exclusive JANM event at which you will: Meet George Takei Enjoy appetizers Drink New Frontiers-inspired "mock-tails" Play trivia and win prizes View artifacts from the George & Brad Takei Collection that are NOT in the exhibition Receive a professional photo taken with George Visit New Frontiers: Th...

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Jun 24, 2017

    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.

  • "New Frontiers" Exhibition Tour

    Jun 17, 2017

    Join exhibition curator Jeff Yang for an in-depth gallery tour. Limited to 25 participants. $10 general, free for JANM members. Museum admission included.

  • Edible Adventures: A Noodling Little Tokyo Walk

    Jun 17, 2017

    SOLD OUT Where does ramen come from? What is the difference between udon and ramen? Join this cultural walk around Little Tokyo and get a noodle-eyed view of what makes these bowls tick. $48 members; $60 non-members. Includes museum admission and three noodle stops (Marugame Monzo, Kouraku, and Ebisu). Limited to 11 participants.

  • FILM 'HONOR WITH VALOR' FEATURING JA VETERAN INTERVIEWS SET FOR FEB. 5

    Feb 03, 2011

    A film screening of the documentary, "Honor with Valor", featuring excerpts of interviews of 35 Japanese American World War II veterans, will be held at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, Feb. 5, beginning at 2 p.m. Filmmaker Burt Takeuchi assembled the documentary and unlike previous films about the remarkable exploits of the segregated 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team...

  • AUTHOR OF 'HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET' TO SPEAK JAN. 29

    Jan 27, 2011

    Author Jamie Ford will discuss his first novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, which focuses on a young Chinese American boy losing his Japanese American friend to the unconstitutional mass incarceration by the U.S. government during World War II, in a special program set for Saturday, January 29, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. The novel revolves around Chin...

  • VIOLINIST MIDORI TO DISCUSS CAREER, INITIATIVES ON JAN. 30

    Jan 15, 2011

    Violinist Midori, who rose to fame as a young prodigy almost 30 years ago, will discuss her career and her community engagement initiatives in a special public program, "A Conversation with Midori", set for Sunday, January 30, at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum’s Tateuchi Democracy Forum in Little Tokyo. The program will include a question-and-answer component. This program is part of JapanOC, orga...

  • FORMER SECRETARY MINETA TO SPEAK AT 2011 DAY OF REMEMBRANCE ON FEBRUARY 19

    Jan 13, 2011

    Norman Y. Mineta, who was the U.S. Secretary of Transportation on September 11, 2001, and Muslim artist/activist Hamza Perez will be the keynote speakers at the 2011 Day of Remembrance (DOR) set for Saturday, February 19, at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. The theme for the event is "September 11th: 10 Years After" and is being organized by Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress (NCRR), the Pacific ...