Lecture and Book Signing

Photographer Joan Myers and Gary Okihiro, Ph.D., essayist of the book Whispered Silences: Japanese Americans and World War II, join the Museum to speak about this extraordinary publication and the exhibition currently on view in the Museum’s Legacy Center.

Joan Myers is a respected fine art and documentary photographer who journeyed across the western United States to photograph the remains of all ten concentration camps. Historian Okihiro tells the story of the camps from the reminiscences of former internees, giving voice to Myers’ photographs’ stark images. Reservations required. Free with Museum admission.