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  • Member Appreciation Days

    May 06, 2016 - May 08, 2016

    Friday–Sunday, May 6–8, 2016 JANM members always enjoy a 10% store discount and free admission to JANM. On this special weekend, take advantage of a 20% discount at the JANM Store and janmstore.com, plus free admission and a 20% store discount at 20 other participating Southern California institutions. Participants this season include FIDM Museum and Galleries, Heritage Square Museum, Kidspace Children’s ...

  • Civil Rights Today: The Legacy of Minoru Yasui

    Apr 30, 2016

    Minoru “Min” Yasui was a young Nisei attorney in Oregon during World War II when he violated the military curfew imposed upon all persons of Japanese ancestry in order to bring a test case to court. He lost that case in the U.S. Supreme Court, but nearly 40 years later he reopened it as part of the coram nobis litigation brought by young Sansei attorneys in 1983. Recognized posthumously by President Obama with a Pres...

  • Origami with Ruthie Kitagawa: Floral Cards

    Apr 30, 2016

    Learn to hand-make floral cards for the next birthday or special occasion. $12 members, $15 non-members. Supplies and museum admission included. Limited to 10 participants.

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Apr 30, 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.

  • Two-Day Craft Workshop—Shibori Fusion: Techniques of Yesterday and Today

    Apr 23, 2016 - Apr 24, 2016

    Saturday, April 23–Sunday, April 24 11 a.m.–4 p.m. In this two-day workshop led by Shibori Girl Glennis Dolce, participants will use various resist dyeing techniques on silks, including recycled kimono silks, to create a fabric collection and a scarf. Stitching, wrapping, clamping, and binding will be covered. Samples and books will be on hand for inspiration. New and returning shibori practitioners welco...

  • 32nd Annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

    Apr 22, 2016 - Apr 27, 2016

    Friday, April 22 – Wednesday, April 27 Visual Communications, the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, once again brings the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival to JANM for a series of special event screenings and select encores of festival favorites. In many cases, filmmakers will be on hand to participate in Q&A sessions with audiences, adding a uniquely intimate element to the arti...

  • AUTHOR TO DISCUSS BOOK ON 'NURSE OF MANZANAR' ON JULY 18

    Jul 03, 2009

    The book, Nurse of Manzanar, based on a lost manuscript by Nisei Toshiko Eto Nakamura, who was a registered nurse when World War II broke out, will be the subject of a public program at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, July 18, beginning at 2 p.m. Samuel Nakamura, Toshiko’s only son, discovered the manuscript after his mother’s death in 1994. The manuscript was written shortly after the end of Wo...

  • ‘Target Free Family Saturday’ Sets ‘Book’ Theme in July

    Jul 02, 2009

    Hon wo yomimashou! Let’s Read Some Books! In exploring the wonderful world of Asian American and Japanese American books, the Japanese American National American Museum will present a free public program, part of its Target Free Family Saturdays series, with the theme of "Books Galore," on Saturday, July 11.The fun-filled family day, generously sponsored by Target, will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Museu...

  • KOKESHI: FROM FOLK ART TO ART TOY EXHIBITION TO FEATURE OVER 300 DOLLS

    Jul 01, 2009

    A new exhibition, Kokeshi: From Folk Art to Art Toy, organized by the Los Angeles Toy, Doll & Amusements (LATDA) Museum in collaboration with the Japanese American National Museum, will bring together the traditional Japanese doll with hundreds of examples of contemporary and custom kokeshi created by American and international artists beginning on July 11 and running through October 4, 2009, at the National Museum, ...

  • 'ON PAPER WINGS' DOCUMENTARY TO BE SCREENED ON JUNE 27

    Jun 23, 2009

    A documentary that recounts a World War II Japanese military campaign that forced young Japanese women to help make balloons that were then armed with bombs and sent into the jet stream toward North America, resulting in the death of a woman and five girls in Oregon, and a Japanese American scholar who brought together some of the unwitting builders and the residents of the Oregon town, will be screened at the Japane...