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  • Author Discussion—Facing the Mountain with Daniel James Brown

    May 14, 2022

    Join New York Times bestselling author of The Boys on the Boat, Daniel James Brown, in conversation with Tom Ikeda, Executive Director of Densho, to celebrate the release of the paperback edition of his newest book Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II. About the book: They came from across the continent and Hawaii. Their parents taught them to embrace both their...

  • Members Only Meet and Greet with Daniel James Brown

    May 14, 2022

    FREE for members In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Join for an exclusive conversation for JANM members with New York Times bestselling author of The Boys on the Boat, Daniel James Brown, and the Executive Director of Densho, Tom Ikeda. This program is FREE for all members, but RSVPs are required in advance at the link below, by email to memberevents@janm.org, or phone at 213.830.5646 by Friday, May 13th. Spac...

  • 38th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

    May 10, 2022 - May 13, 2022

    The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF), presented annually by Visual Communications (VC), Southern California’s leading showcase for new Asian Pacific American and Asian international cinema, announced today the program for the 38th edition of the festival. The festival returns May 5–13 in Los Angeles and will feature an exciting lineup of in-person programming, along with virtual programming for our au...

  • Discover Nikkei Celebrates 11th Edition of Nikkei Chronicles with Call for Nikkei Food Stories

    May 09, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – Discover Nikkei, a web-based project of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) that promotes connections and understanding among the global Japanese diaspora, announces the 11th edition of its Nikkei Chronicles special series, an annual, themed open call for writings. “Nikkei” refers to Japanese migrants and their descendants. This year’s theme, Itadakimasu 3! Nikkei Food, Family, and Commu...

  • Artist Conversation—BeHere / 1942 with Masaki Fujihata & Karen Tei Yamashita

    May 07, 2022

    JANM’s newest exhibition, BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration, by artist Masaki Fujihata, invites visitors to experience the photographic archive of the 1942 forced removal of Japanese Americans in new ways, including through two augmented reality installations. Join us for a conversation with Fujihata and National Book Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award medalist, Karen Tei Yamashi...

  • BeHere / 1942 Upper Level Members & VIP Reception

    May 06, 2022

    Members at the Sustaining level and above are invited to a Upper Level Members & VIP Reception for BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration. By invitation only. Contact membership@janm.org to upgrade your membership to Director’s Circle and above to be invited to Upper Level Members events like this.

  • BeHere / 1942

    May 07, 2022 - Jan 08, 2023

    Visionary Japanese media artist Masaki Fujihata invites visitors to experience the photographic archive of the 1942 forced removal of Japanese Americans in new ways, including two groundbreaking augmented reality (AR) installations.

  • Member Appreciation Days

    May 06, 2022 - May 08, 2022

    Are you a JANM Member? Join us for MADness 2022! This year M.A.D. will take place from May 6-8 and all current Members will get 20% off discountable items. To receive the special 20% off discount online, enter the Discount code: MADNESS at checkout. If your membership is active in our system your 20% discount will automatically be applied to all eligible items in your order. When placing your order please use ...

  • Staging our Histories: Creating Masao and the Bronze Nightingale

    May 03, 2022

    FREE In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Join writers Dan Kwong and Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara in a conversation moderated by Kristen Hayashi around their new play, Masao and the Bronze Nightingale, which explores the story of a Japanese American jazz musician from Boyle Heights who falls for an African American jazz singer after World War II. About the show: In the aftermath of WWII, formerly-incarcerated Japa...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Mourns the Passing of Board of Trustees Chair Norman Y. Mineta

    May 03, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is deeply saddened by the passing of an extraordinary leader, friend, and JANM Board of Trustees Chair, the Honorable Norman Y. Mineta. Secretary Mineta was 90 when he passed away on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at his home in Edgewater, Maryland. Over thirty years ago, volunteers invested in the vision for a museum that would preserve Japanese American histo...