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  • Nikkei Genealogical Society General Meeting

    Feb 25, 2017

    FREE The Nikkei Genealogical Society (NikkeiGen) promotes, encourages, and shares Nikkei genealogy through education, research, and networking. NikkeiGen’s general meetings are open to anyone who is interested in researching their family trees, learning more about their Japanese roots and heritage, and participating in group discussions and networking. Meetings occur approximately once a month from January to ...

  • Members Only Meet and Greet with Greg Robinson

    Feb 25, 2017

    Members are invited to an exclusive pre-event reception with journalist and historian Greg Robinson prior to the public discussion about his book, The Great Unknown: Japanese American Sketches. Space is limited. RSVP by February 22 to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

  • Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Instructions to All Persons"

    Feb 25, 2017

    Join exhibition curator Clement Hanami, JANM’s Vice President of Operations/Art Director, for an in-depth gallery tour. Limited to 25 members; reservations are required. RSVP to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Feb 25, 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.

  • Comedy InvAsian Live Tapings—Joey Guila

    Feb 24, 2017

    JANM is pleased to host Comedy InvAsian, a new series of one-hour standup comedy performances that will be filmed in front of live audiences in our Tateuchi Democracy Forum. Come be a part of the audience as six of the nation’s most exciting Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) comedians take the stage. Joey Guila has been featured on Showtime, VH1, G4 Tech TV, and Myx TV, and was the headliner on the F...

  • Members Only Film Screening—"For the Sake of the Children"

    Feb 19, 2017

    For the Sake of the Children is a new, one-hour documentary that explores the legacy of the World War II US incarceration of Japanese Americans, with a particular focus on its impact on the descendants of incarcerated mothers. The film examines the complex interplay of culture, racial prejudice, history, and intergenerational differences as it traces the life journeys of four generations of Japanese Americans. Ref...

  • Day of Remembrance 2017: Unite to Uphold Our Civil Rights

    Feb 18, 2017

    If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. PAY WHAT YOU WISH On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which paved the way for the forced removal and incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast during World War II. This year’s Day of Remembrance commemorates the 75th anniversary of this historic miscarri...

  • Members Only Program and Reception—"Instructions to All Persons"

    Feb 18, 2017

    This event has reached capacity. All members are invited to enjoy a continental breakfast and program to mark the opening of Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066. Program will include remarks by Ann Burroughs, JANM Interim President and CEO; Akira Chiba, the Consul General of Japan in Los Angeles; Dr. Matthew Stiffler, Arab American National Museum Research and Content Manager; a...

  • 'YOU DON'T KNOW JACK: THE JACK SOO STORY' TO BE SCREENED JULY 31

    Jul 24, 2010

    The documentary, "You Don’t Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story", highlighting the life of actor Jack Soo, will be screened on Saturday, July 31, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum, with producer/director/writer Jeff Adachi on hand to discuss his work and to answer questions. Best known for his role as Detective Sgt. Nick Yemena in the popular 1970s situation comedy "Barney Miller", Soo was bor...

  • STORY OF RECOVERY OF HT. MOUNTAIN BARRACKS BUILDING TO BE TOLD AUGUST 7, 2010

    Jul 16, 2010

    The Japanese American National Museum will hold a public program, "16 Years Later: The Heart Mountain Barracks", reflecting on the project that brought to Los Angeles for display a fragment of an original barracks building used to house Japanese Americans as part of their unconstitutional incarceration by the U.S. government during World War II, on Saturday, Aug. 7, beginning at 2 p.m. In 1994, National Museum sta...