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  • Collecting and Preserving a Community’s History

    Sep 23, 2021

    FREE Do you have objects at home that you think belong in a community archive? Have you ever wondered about how items end up inside museums or displayed at historic sites? Learn how these institutions collect and maintain their historic collections, the challenges this type of work entails, and how people can help prepare their collections if they are interested in having them considered for intake. Hear...

  • Screening and Q&A—100 Years from Mississippi

    Sep 11, 2021 - Sep 12, 2021

    $16 General Admission / FREE for Members Please note there are two screening dates: SOLD OUT Saturday, September 11 | 2 - 3:30pm (PDT) SOLD OUT Sunday, September 12 | 2 - 3:30pm (PDT) 100 Years From Mississippi is a true story of resilience, forgiveness, memory, and hope. Join the film’s writer and director Tarabu Betserai Kirkland and associate producer Barry Shabaka Henley for a Q&A following a scree...

  • Upper Level Members and VIP Reception: “A Life in Pieces”

    Sep 10, 2021

    Members at the Sustaining level and above are invited to a special reception and brief program celebrating the exhibition A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami with Judy Hayami and members of the Hayami family. By invitation only. Invitations were mailed in mid-August. Masks are required for all visitors, regardless of vaccination status, except for children age two and younger.

  • STATEMENT: Honoring the Memory of September 11 and Renewing a Commitment to Tolerance

    Sep 10, 2021

    LOS ANGELES – On this 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the nation will share a collective day to grieve, remember, and continue to heal from this momentous chapter in history. As the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) joins in this solemn national day of remembrance, it also encourages the country to remain committed to democratic ideals of tolerance and diversity. Americans are of many colors a...

  • Nima Voices: Episode 6—Christine Piper

    Sep 07, 2021

    Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories. Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief, but enlightening, interviews...

  • Comedy InvAsian 2.0

    Aug 28, 2021 - Aug 29, 2021

    $10 General Admission / FREE for Members Comedy InvAsian is a television series and live-taping featuring the nation’s top and most unique Asian American comedians. This season will feature queer Korean-American comedian Aidan Park, up and coming Indian-American comedian Vinayak Pal, rising star Thai-America comedian Eli Nicolas, former Chinese beauty queen Jiaoying Summers, comedian of Cambodian descent who juggl...

  • Members Only Virtual Conversation: Miné Okubo’s Masterpiece

    Aug 28, 2021

    All JANM Members are invited to join in an exclusive Members Only virtual discussion with curator Dr. Kristen Hayashi regarding the development of Mine Okubo’s Masterpiece: The Art of Citizen 13660, a new exhibition about Okubo’s life and art. Special guests to be announced! This program is FREE for all members, but RSVPs are required in advance at the RSVP link, by email to memberevents@janm.org, or phone at 213....

  • Miné Okubo’s Masterpiece

    Aug 28, 2021 - Mar 27, 2022

    2021 marks the 75th anniversary of artist Miné Okubo’s graphic memoir, Citizen 13660. When it was first published in 1946, it was groundbreaking. Not only was it the first book-length account on America’s concentration camps from the perspective of a former incarceree, but it was also an early example of a graphic memoir. In Citizen 13660, through a series of nearly 200 illustrations, each accompanied by a caption, M...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM MOURNS THE PASSING OF MARGARET ODA

    May 03, 2018

    Los Angeles—The Japanese American National Museum mourns the passing of its Chairman Emeritus Margaret Y. Oda. Dr. Oda served on the JANM Board of Trustees from 1993 to 2005. She was Vice Chair from 1996 to 2003, and Chair from 2004 to 2005. She was named a Chairman Emeritus in 2006. “Margaret Oda’s passing is a sorrowful occasion and the Japanese American National Museum’s leadership, staff, and volunteers send t...

  • JANM’S MAY FREE FAMILY DAY EXPLORES IDENTITY AND HERITAGE

    Apr 24, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum will be a fun and thoughtful place to explore themes of identity and personal heritage during its JANM Free Family Day on May 12, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to the museum, its exhibitions, and its “Identity, My-dentity’ Family Day activities—including crafts, storytelling, a poetry workshop, and an improv performance—will be free. All ages are welcome. “I...