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"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour
Jan 03, 2009
Tour our ongoing exhibition Common Ground: Heart of a Community with our experienced and knowledgeable docents.
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Little Tokyo Walking Tour
Dec 27, 2008
Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with National Museum docents. $8 Members; $13 non-members, includes Museum admission. Comfortable walking shoes and clothes recommended. Weather permitting.
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Craft Class with Ruthie Kitagawa: Holiday Cards Part II
Dec 20, 2008 - Dec 10, 2008
Create beautiful Christmas and New Year’s cards for everyone on your list. $8 Museum members; $13 non-members, includes Museum admission and supplies.
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Target Free Family Day: Artfully Yours
Dec 13, 2008
FREE ALL DAY Enjoy a day of family fun that explores shared traditions within the Asian American community. December's theme is art. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. All day craft activities: Inspired by pieces in the National Museum’s current exhibition 20 Years Ago Today, use a variety of ma...
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Los Angeles Art Association’s Open Show Screening
Dec 11, 2008
FREE! Each year LAAA presents the Open Show—The survey exhibition of emerging SoCal art at Gallery 825. This screening would complement the Open Show exhibition at Gallery 825 and would feature all of the time based and new media artwork selected for the 2008 Open Show. A post screening discussion will feature the exhibition juror and select artists. For more information, visit: www.laaa.org.
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Pink Dress Puppet Show
Dec 06, 2008
The Pink Dress is based on an actual episode from the Maruyama family's history in the Amache Concentration Camp. Faced with wearing the required drab uniform, Tsuki decides to wear her sister's pink dress to her junior high school graduation to prove she is not "an ant," but an individual. This poignant puppet theater piece, currently touring to LA County schools under the auspices of the Music Center, addresses com...
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Exhibition Tour: Common Ground
Dec 06, 2008
Tour our ongoing exhibition Common Ground: Heart of a Community with our experienced and knowledgeable docents.
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Dreams to Dreams Custom Vinyl Show - Artist Reception
Dec 06, 2008
Join us to celebrate the opening of the special engagement of Dreams to Dreams, the first custom vinyl toy show in a museum presented by the Japanese American National Museum in association with Dacosta of Chocolate Soop. Just in time for the holidays, over 40 artists will customize Chocolate Soop’s DCTO (Dream Come True Object), a futuristic vinyl version of a traditional Japanese New Year’s folk toy. Artwork wil...
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Members' Appreciation Days
Dec 06, 2008 - Dec 07, 2008
FREE ADMISSION AND 20% OFF AT 21 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ORGANIZATIONS Need a reason to become a National Museum Member? We’ll give you 21! The Japanese American National Museum, in partnership with 20 Southland institutions, hosts special holiday shopping days for members only! On selected days, your National Museum membership card entitles you to free admission (excluding special ticketed events) and 20% off* at ...