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Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata
Jan 27, 2007
Flower Origami Give your special someone a unique bouquet for Valentine's Day. Learn to fold vibrant, colorful flowers incorporating elegant designs and fine details. $8 for National Museum members and $13 for non-members, includes supplies and Museum admission.
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Little Tokyo Walking Tour
Jan 27, 2007
Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with National Museum docents on this informative walking tour. $8 for National Museum members and $13 for non-members, includes Museum admission. Reservations along with comfortable walking shoes and clothes recommended. Weather permitting.
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Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment
Jan 21, 2007
This indelible work of visual and social history confirms Dorothea Lange's stature as one of the twentieth century's greatest American photographers. Presenting 119 images originally censored by the United States Army -- the majority of which have never been published -- Impounded evokes the horror of a community uprooted in the early 1940s and the stark reality of the internment camps. Colin Westerbeck, distinguishe...
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"Because they might be a threat..." Memories of the Children's Village at Manzanar
Jan 14, 2007
On June 23, 1942, forty orphans arrived at Manzanar. By the time the camp closed, more than sixty joined their ranks. As assistant superintendent, Lillian Matsumoto oversaw the operation of the facility and care of the orphans. Now in her nineties, Matsumoto shares her memories in a very special program that includes her daughter, Karyl Matsumoto, and oral historian, Greg Marutani. Reservations recommended. This p...
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Fighting for Democracy Pre-Visit Workshop
Jan 13, 2007
Sign-up for a FREE Pre-Visit Workshop Thursday, January 13, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (lunch provided) WHAT IS FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY? For hundreds of years people have sought a home and future in the United States of America. They came, and still come, in pursuit of freedom and democracy. Yet, the dream of democracy is not without its struggle. Against the backdrop of World War II, a segregated America, and the Ci...
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2007 Oshogatsu: New Year Family Festival
Jan 07, 2007
FREE ADMISSION Ring in the New Year with fun arts and crafts, whimsical tales, and exciting performances at the National Museum. 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Arts and crafts for children of all ages Bird Pins: Allowed to bring only what they could carry, Japanese American World War II inmates created beauty under daunting circumstances by making bird pins. Learn the fascinating story behind the pins and design your own...
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Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata: Holiday Cards
Dec 16, 2006
Make the season bright by making your very own holiday card to share with family and friends. $8 for National Museum members and $13 for non-members, includes supplies and Museum admission. Reservations required.
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From Bento to Mixed Plate: Americans of Japanese Ancestry in Multicultural Hawai`i
Oct 28, 1997
The exhibition explores the evolution of Japanese American identity in Hawai`i from the first to the present generation. Through personal artifacts, family photographs and first-person accounts, the role of Japanese Americans in sports, labor, education, religion, politics, and business is explored as arenas of sharing and adaptation in our Island society. When Japanese immigrants first worked on Hawai`i’s sug...
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"Kenjiro Nomura: An Artist's View of the Japanese American Internment" exhibition opens October 4, 1997
Sep 25, 1997
The Japanese American National Museum opens a new exhibit, Saturday, October 4, 1997. Kenjiro Nomura: An Artist’s View of the Japanese American Internment highlights the images created by artist Kenjiro Nomura while he was incarcerated in the Minidoka concentration camp in Hunt, Idaho. Already an established and prolific artist when he and his family were forcibly removed from their home in Seattle and placed in Mi...