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2023 Natsumatsuri Family Festival

2023年08月12日

FREE ALL DAY Join us for our 2023 Natsumatsuri Family Festival, an annual summer celebration featuring free cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages! Performances by TAIKOPROJECT and Yu-ki Project Interactive storytimes Souvenir photos by Cre8tive Outlets Fun summer-themed crafts and origami Scavenger hunt for prizes Free admission all day to see our exhibit...

BeHere / 1942 Artist Tour and Book Signing

2022年12月04日

$7 for Event Admission, FREE for members, does not include general museum admission. Join visionary artist Masaki Fujihata as he leads an exclusive tour through BeHere/1942, before it closes to the public on January 8, 2023. Masaki will host two informal tours and conversations with guests in the Taul & Sachiko Watanabe Gallery at JANM. Plus, get a chance to have Masaki sign copies of the newly published exhibiti...

BeHere / 1942 Artist Tour and Book Signing

2022年12月03日

$7 for Event Admission, FREE for members, does not include general museum admission. Join visionary artist Masaki Fujihata as he leads an exclusive tour through BeHere/1942, before it closes to the public on January 8, 2023. Masaki will host two informal tours and conversations with guests in the Taul & Sachiko Watanabe Gallery at JANM. Plus, get a chance to have Masaki sign copies of the newly published exhibiti...

Nima Voices: Episode 10—Gil Asakawa

2022年10月25日

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. In t...

120,000 STORIES with Nobuko Miyamoto and Guests

2022年02月19日 - 2022年02月20日

FREE Los Angeles’ beloved artist Nobuko Miyamoto presents a genre-bridging concert that draws from her latest album 120,000 STORIES (Smithsonian Folkways), poignantly reflecting her experience as one of 120,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned during World War II. She is joined by producers Quetzal Flores, Derek Nakamoto and a stellar group of musicians who share her belief in the social power of music. With every pe...

Museum Store Sunday Book Signing—Hello Maggie!

2021年11月28日

We are pleased to welcome Shigeru Yabu and Willie Ito, author and illustrator of the children’s book Hello Maggie!, to launch their newly revised edition of the book at JANM! There will be a book signing after a brief discussion about this new edition and the upcoming animated film version. Hello Maggie! relates the true story of Shig’s childhood pet, a wild scavenger magpie bird, that was his companion while inca...

Screening and Q&A—100 Years from Mississippi

2021年09月11日 - 2021年09月12日

$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...

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...

JANM VOLUNTEERS TO PRESENT VIRTUAL KOKORO 2020 WITH CRAFT BOUTIQUE ITEMS AVAILABLE NOV. 14-30

2020年11月02日

Los Angeles, CA The Japanese American National Museum Volunteers (JANM) will present its 12th Annual Craft Boutique online with their Virtual Kokoro 2020 fundraising event set from November 14 through 30. Proceeds will benefit JANM’s Education Programs. Traditionally, the Kokoro boutique has featured as many as 55 vendors who sell unique jewelry, kimono fabric fashions, handbags, ceramics, origami, glass art an...

Members' Preview of "Japan After Perry: Views of Yokohama and Meiji Japan" and "Lasting Beauty: Miss Jamison and the Student Muralists"

2005年02月05日

Private viewing, available to current members and an accompanying guest throughout the day. Please show your membership card at the front desk when you arrive at the museum.