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  • For Every Generation: Recovering and Sharing Family Histories

    2022年08月13日

    FREE In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Exhibitions like Sutra and Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarceration are made possible by the dedicated efforts of family and community members who have preserved and researched their family’s histories and the objects, images, and documents that tell these stories. Join us as we learn from Dr. Gail Y. Okawa, Mitch Homma, Elizabeth Nishiura, ...

  • Celebrating Japanese American Redress: A Promise for the Future

    2018年08月10日

    If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. PAY WHAT YOU WISH In honor of the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, join us for an afternoon of reunion, reconnection, and reaffirmation of our commitment to democracy and justice. JANM President and CEO Ann Burroughs, GFBNEC President and CEO Dr. Mitchell T. Maki, and Ka...

  • Contested Histories at the Las Vegas Buddhist Sanga Obon Bon Odori and Bazaar Festival (Las Vegas, NV)

    2018年08月04日

    TRAVELING DISPLAY Las Vegas Buddhist Sanga Obon Bon Odori and Bazaar Festival Las Vegas, NV 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongfully incarcerated in the World War II American concentration camps. It was one of the f...

  • Contested Histories at 2018 Heart Mountain Pilgrimage (Powell, WY)

    2018年07月27日 - 2018年07月28日

    TRAVELING DISPLAYFriday: 9 a.m.–7 p.m.; workshop: 2:30 p.m.Taggart Rooms, Holiday Inn1701 Sheridan Ave., Cody, WY 82414 Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongfully incarcerated in the World War II American concentration camps. It was one of the first...

  • Why Is the Modern World So Angry?

    2018年03月01日

    American mass shooters. Islamic terrorists. Vengeful nationalists. Racist presidents. Social media misogynists. In today’s world, paranoid hatred—and the wrath of the people who spread it—is inescapable. Where does all the rage come from? Join Zocalo and JANM at the Tateuchi Democracy Forum for a discussion with Panjak Mishra, author of Age of Anger: A History of the Present for a discussion moderated by Gregory R...

  • "Moving Day"

    2017年06月01日 - 2017年08月11日

    March 23 – August 11, 2017 Daily from sunset to midnight In conjunction with the exhibition Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066, JANM presents Moving Day, an outdoor public art installation. The work consists of a series of projections of the Civilian Exclusion Orders that were publicly posted during World War II to inform persons of Japanese ancestry of their impending forced removal...

  • "Moving Day"

    2017年05月01日 - 2017年08月11日

    March 23 – August 11, 2017 Daily from sunset to midnight In conjunction with the exhibition Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066, JANM presents Moving Day, an outdoor public art installation. The work consists of a series of projections of the Civilian Exclusion Orders that were publicly posted during World War II to inform persons of Japanese ancestry of their impending forced removal...

  • "Moving Day"

    2017年04月01日 - 2017年08月11日

    March 23 – August 11, 2017 Daily from sunset to midnight In conjunction with the exhibition Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066, JANM presents Moving Day, an outdoor public art installation. The work consists of a series of projections of the Civilian Exclusion Orders that were publicly posted during World War II to inform persons of Japanese ancestry of their impending forced removal...

  • JANM’S 2013 GALA DINNER THEME ‘VISION, VALUES, VOICES’ TO REMEMBER, REFLECT, AND CELEBRATE THE JAPANESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE ON APR. 13

    2013年04月09日

    Los Angeles, CA - The Japanese American National Museum will welcome close to 1,000 attendees at its 2013 Gala Dinner, Silent Auction & After-Party on Saturday, April 13, 2013. Returning to the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, the Dinner theme, Vision, Values, Voices, will highlight how the National Museum has successfully shared the significance and relevancy of the Japanese American experience to...

  • ‘TRANSFORMING A FORGOTTEN STORY’ THEME FOR NATIONAL MUSEUM'S 2012 ANNUAL DINNER ON MAY 5

    2011年12月21日

    The Japanese American National Museum announced that its theme for its 2012 Annual Gala Dinner will be "Transforming a Forgotten Story", highlighting the evolution of the Japanese American World War II story from being forgotten to being shared internationally. Ceremonies are set for Saturday, May 5, 2012, at the J.W. Marriott Hotel at L.A. LIVE and will include the presentation of the Museum’s Distinguished Medal of...