Contested Histories: Art and Artifacts from the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection originated at the Japanese American National Museum and was on display January 7 – April 8, 2018. The pop-up display is now traveling to other venues. See below for information about confirmed venues and dates. Please check back for updated schedule.
Interested in booking this display? JANM is currently looking for locations in the central valley of California, San Diego county, and parts of Arizona. Download the Contested Histories travel fact sheet or email Clement Hanami at chanami@janm.org for more information.
POP-UP DISPLAY SITES
Current/Upcoming Venues
Please check back for upcoming venues.
Past Venues
The Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California
June 23–24, 2018
FREE and open to the public
Saturday: 9 a.m.–6:30 p.m.; workshop: 5:30 p.m.–6:15 p.m.
Sunday: 9 a.m.–6 p.m.; workshop: 3:30 p.m.–4:15 p.m.
1840 Sutter St.
San Francisco, CA 94115
Web: jcccnc.org
Phone: 415.567.5505
Tule Lake Pilgrimage 2018: Preserving Our Hallowed Ground
June 29 – July 1, 2018
(Pilgrimage dates: June 29 – July 2)
Open only to pilgrimage attendees. Registration is now closed.
Friday: 4 p.m.–10 p.m.
Saturday: 6 p.m.–10 p.m.
Sunday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; workshop: 3:30 p.m.–5 p.m.
Union Peak Lounge, Oregon Institute of Technology
3201 Campus Dr.
Klamath Falls, OR 97601
Email: info@tulelake.org
Web: tulelake.org/pilgrimage
2018 Minidoka Pilgrimage
July 6, 2018
9 a.m.–5 p.m.
(Pilgrimage dates: July 5–8)
Open only to pilgrimage attendees.
Please register at their website: minidokapilgrimage.org
College of Southern Idaho, Fine Arts Building
Falls Avenue
Twin Falls, ID 83301
Email: minidokapilgrimage@gmail.com
Japanese American Museum of San Jose
July 12–15, 2018
12 p.m.–4 p.m.
Included with museum admission
Workshop: July 12: 6 p.m.
535 North Fifth St.
San Jose, CA 95112
Web: jamsj.org
Phone: 408.294.3138
2018 Heart Mountain Pilgrimage
July 27–28, 2018
(Pilgrimage dates: July 26–28)
Open only to pilgrimage attendees. Deadline to register: June 30
Purchase tickets at shopheartmountain.org/pilgrimage or by phone at 307.754.8000.
Friday: 9 a.m.–7 p.m.; workshop: 2:30 p.m.
Taggart Rooms, Holiday Inn
1701 Sheridan Ave., Cody, WY 82414
Saturday: 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
Heart Mountain Interpretive Center
1539 Road 19, Powell, WY 82435
Web: heartmountain.org/pilgrimage.html
Phone: 307.754.8000
Las Vegas Buddhist Sanga Obon Bon Odori and Bazaar Festival
August 4, 2018
10 a.m.–4 p.m.
FREE and open to the public
Clark High School
4291 Pennwood Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89102
Web: lasvegasbuddhist.org
J-Sei
September 29 – October 7, 2018
FREE and open to the public
Saturday–Sunday: 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Monday–Friday: 2 p.m.–5 p.m. and by appointment
1285 66th St.
Emeryville, CA 94608
Web: j-sei.org
Phone: 510.654.4000
Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center
November 1–4, 2018
Included with museum admission
Thursday: 11 a.m.–7 p.m. • FREE
Friday–Saturday: 11 a.m.–3 p.m.
Sunday: 12 p.m.–3 p.m.
121 NW 2nd Ave.
Portland, OR 97209
Web: oregonnikkei.org
Phone: 503.224.1458
NVC Hall
November 24–25, 2018
10 a.m.–5 p.m.
FREE and open to the public
1212 S. King St.
Seattle, WA 98144
Web: nvcfoundation.org
Email: debbiekashino@gmail.com
History Colorado Center
February 15–17, 2019
10 a.m.–5 p.m.
FREE and open to the public*
1200 N. Broadway
Denver, CO 80203
Web: historycolorado.org
Phone: 303.447.8679
*Contested Histories and JACL Day of Remembrance events are free to the public; museum admission is required to view additional exhibit galleries.
2019 Jerome/Rohwer Pilgrimage
April 12, 2019
9 a.m.–6 p.m.; workshop: 10–10:30 a.m.
(Pilgrimage dates: April 11–13)
Open only to pilgrimage attendees.
Contact kimiko.marr@gmail.com to register. Registration closes March 15.
Comfort Inn & Suites Presidential
707 Interstate 30
Little Rock, AR 72202
Nihon Matsuri
Saturday, April 27, 2019
10 a.m.–5 p.m.
FREE and open to the public
100 South between 2nd West and 3rd West
Salt Lake City, UT
Web: nihonmatsuri.com
Midwest Buddhist Temple
Friday, May 17, 2019
10:45 a.m.–5 p.m.
FREE and open to the public
435 W. Menomonee
Chicago, IL 60614
Web: mbtchicago.org/2019-contested-histories
Phone: 312.943.7801
FINDING HOME (Re)Building a community in the Second City
Contested Histories will be available to view as part of the Finding Home programming Saturday–Sunday, May 18–19, 2019. All activities FREE and open to the public. Click here for schedule of events.
Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center
July 20–21, 2019
FREE and open to the public
Saturday: 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Sunday: 12 p.m.–3 p.m.
1323 Hwy 77
Bridgeton, NJ
Web: seabrookeducation.org
Phone: 856.451.8393
Contested Histories is being presented in conjunction with the Seabrook Buddhist Temple’s 74th Annual Obon Festival on July 20. Click here for more details.
National Museum of American History
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
FREE and open to the public*
Constitution Avenue, NW
Between 12th and 14th Streets
Washington, DC
Web: americanhistory.si.edu
Phone: 202.633.1000
*Contested Histories is presented in conjunction with the Day of Remembrance Panel Discussion—Not for Sale: Preserving and Sharing a Community Collection at the National Museum of American History on February 19, 6 p.m.–8 p.m. Click here for details.
The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum
April 8–10, 2022
9-01 33rd Road (at Vernon Boulevard)
Long Island City, NY 11106
Web: noguchi.org
Phone: 718.204.7088
Contested Histories is being presented in conjunction with the exhibition No Monument: In the Wake of the Japanese American Incarceration.
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
June 7, 2023
11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Free and open to the public
600 Town Center Dr
Costa Mesa, CA 92626