The Courtyard Kaeru invites all families to return to the Japanese American National Museum to celebrate the meaning of friendship, sharing, and the National Museum's 10th Anniversary! This year we'll learn how special our friendships are and how important it is to continue to make new friends.
Workshops include:
Friendship art with our Finding Family Stories Project Partners (California African American Museum, Chinese American Museum, and Self-Help Graphics)
Create tokens of friendship
Make origami dolls
A special activity for toddlers
Featured storytellers and short film screenings
Food, games & fun for the whole family!
Plus, see the new names added to the Courtyard from the past year!
Free admission for everyone!
Activities
Go For Broke Activity
Museum Plaza
The Wishing Tree
Museum Plaza
Friendship Coloring Activity
Museum Plaza Rest Area
Courtyard Kids Art Contest Display
Legacy Center
Prize Pull
Conference Room D
Origami Extravaganza
Legacy Center
Hippity Hop: Art for Toddlers
Education Center #2
Children's Book Showcase
Hirasaki National Resource Center
Friendship Letter Writing
Inahara Gallery Foyer
Family Expedition
Pavilion Galleries begins at Grand Staircase
Schedule
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Marry the Blue-Eyed Doll: Reading
Legacy Center
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
10th Anniversary Celebration Ceremony
Museum Plaza
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Reader’s Theatre Theatrical Storytelling
Hirasaki Theater Gallery
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
120,000 Tassel Tapestry Presentation
Aratani Central Hall
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Quilt of Friendship Art Workshop
Nerio Education Center
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Mary the Blue-Eyed Doll: Reading
Legacy Center
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Plaza de la Raza Mexican Folklorico
Museum Plaza
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Storytelling with Sybil Desta
Hirasaki Theater Gallery
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
In America’s Shadow
Hirasaki Familiy Theater Gallery
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
120,000 Tassel Tapestry Presentation
Aratani Central Hall
