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  • JANM Skate Park Pop-Up

    2024年02月11日

    Bring your board and join us for a pop-up skate park on JANM’s plaza to celebrate the special edition skateboard deck designed by the artist in collaboration with The Berrics. Once an “off-brand skateboard kid,” Kaino’s experiences on the board helped shape his art career and worldview. Combining the artist’s childhood love for skateboarding with the influential imagery of Katsuhiro Otomo’s animated film Akira, th...

  • From Barbed Wire to Boogie Woogie

    2023年06月17日

    Celebrate the resilience of a community in struggle through personal storytelling, history, and swing music and dance!Discover what it was like to be a young person in camp, explore how jazz and big band music impacted the youth in America’s concentration camps, and learn how to swing dance in this two-part program.

  • Nima Voices: Episode 9—Greg Robinson

    2022年07月12日

    Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief, but enlightening, interviews. In the ninth episode, Greg Robinson, a noted author and scholar of Japanese American and Japanese Canadian history, will be interviewed by guest host Lisa Doi, a curatorial assistant at the Japanese American National Museum and a PhD Student in American Studies at Indiana University. Greg has been contribut...

  • Members Only Virtual Conversation: Miné Okubo’s Masterpiece

    2021年08月28日

    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....

  • STATEMENT: The Japanese American National Museum Denounces Anti-Asian Deportation Statement by Congresswoman

    2021年07月27日

    LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) denounces the recent comments by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) that served to further inflame anti-Asian hate and racism when she called for the deportation of all Chinese not deemed loyal to the United States. “Since the mid-19th century, shortly after Asians first started arriving in the United States, Asians have endured racist violence, threats...

  • Support for HR 40

    2021年02月16日

    Los Angeles, CA United States Representative Jerry Nadler, Chair United States Representative Jim Jordan, Ranking Member House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Re: House Resolution 40 U.S. Representatives Nadler and Jordan: As the President and CEO of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), I wanted to convey our support for H.R. 40, which will create t...

  • Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata: Hinamatsuri Origami Dolls -- Part 1 of 2

    2005年02月26日

    Just in time for Girls' Day, this two-day class will teach participants how to make these adorable dolls. Class fees are $8 for National Museum members and $15 for non-members, includes Museum admission and supplies for both days.

  • Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty - Store

    JANM members receive a 10% discount! Join or renew now

  • Year of the Rabbit: Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo - Press

    For press inquiries, email mediarelations@janm.org or call 213.625.0414. Press Photo Gallery (Password Access Only—contact mediarelations@janm.org for access.)

  • New Frontiers: The Many Worlds of George Takei - Press

    For press inquiries, email mediarelations@janm.org or call 213.625.0414. Press Photo Gallery (Password Access Only—contact mediarelations@janm.org for access.)