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  • Norman Y. Mineta Celebration of Life

    Jun 25, 2022

    FREE The Japanese American National Museum invites you to celebrate the extraordinary life of Norman Y. Mineta, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, on Saturday, June 25 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. PDT. JANM valued Secretary Mineta for his leadership and the wealth of contributions he made to the advancement of equality, justice, and liberty for all. Join us as we honor his exceptional life and legacy and his deep...

  • Are the Arts Essential?

    Jun 23, 2022

    FREE In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Are the Arts Essential?, edited by Alberta Arthurs and Michael DiNiscia, provides a timely and kaleidoscopic reflection on the importance of the arts in our society. Join contributors Steven Tepper (Dean of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, ASU), Zeyba Rahman (Senior Program Officer, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art), and Jay Wang (Director, USC Cen...

  • JANM Statement on Rejection of World War II Japanese American Incarceration Historical Fiction Novel by Wisconsin School District

    Jun 23, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is gravely concerned by the Muskego-Norway school board’s rejection of When the Emperor Was Divine for use in a tenth grade accelerated English class. The school board’s Curriculum Planning Committee selected Julie Otsuka’s historical fiction novel, When the Emperor Was Divine as part of the district’s annual recommendations for new textbooks and instr...

  • JANM Statement on the Passage of the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture Act into Law

    Jun 15, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) celebrates the Passage of the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture Act (H.R. 3525) into law by President Biden on Monday, June 13, 2022. Led by U.S. Representative Grace Meng alongside U.S. Representative Judy Chu, U.S. Representative Mark Takano, many other co-sponsors, and members ...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Hosts Celebration of Life for Board of Trustees Chair Norman Y. Mineta

    Jun 08, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host a celebration of life for Norman Y. Mineta, the chair of the board of trustees at JANM, on Saturday, June 25 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. PDT. Secretary Mineta passed away on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at his home in Edgewater, Maryland. JANM valued Secretary Mineta for his leadership and the wealth of contributions he made to the advancement of equa...

  • Author Discussion—Beyond the Betrayal with Arthur Hansen & Lawson Inada

    Jun 04, 2022

    Free* In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Beyond the Betrayal: the Memoir of a WWII Japanese American Draft Resister of Conscience by Yoshito Kuromiya (1923–2018) is the only book-length memoir written by a World War II Japanese American draft resister of conscience,Yoshito Kuromiya. Join editor Arthur A. Hansen, a leading scholar of Japanese American history, and Lawson Fusao Inada, renowned poet, in con...

  • Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Arthur Hansen

    Jun 04, 2022

    FREE for members In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Join for an exclusive conversation for JANM members with renowned author and historian, Arthur A. Hansen. 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. Space is limited so RSVP today! Not a current member? Join or renew today! Join us for the book d...

  • 9th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest Virtual Celebration

    May 26, 2022

    FREE Marvel at the amazing and creative ways that writers can imagine Little Tokyo and expand the fictional boundaries of the Japanese American experience. Each year, the Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest heightens awareness of Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo by challenging both new and experienced writers to write a story that captures the spirit and essence of Little Tokyo and the people in it. In this virtu...

  • Exhibition Tour of BeHere / 1942 with artist Masaki Fujihata

    May 26, 2022

    FREE Join Masaki Fujihata, the visionary Japanese media artist behind BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration, for a guided tour of JANM’s newest exhibition. Photo credit: Jim Conner

  • "AT FIRST LIGHT" DAWNS AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

    May 14, 2019

    Los Angeles, CA—At First Light: The Dawning of Asian Pacific America, a multi-media exhibition that explores and celebrates the emergence of a politically defined Asian Pacific American consciousness and identity, will open at the Japanese American National Museum on May 25 and remain on view through October 20, 2019. The exhibition is a co-production of JANM and Visual Communications (VC), the first Asian Pacific Am...