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"Gambatte!" Exhibition Tour

2019年04月20日

SOLD OUT Join us for a gallery tour led by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Paul Kitagaki Jr. of his exhibition, Gambatte! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit, which closes on April 28. Limited to 30 participants. $12 general, free for JANM members. Museum admission included. Join us for a book signing and reception with Paul Kitagaki Jr at 3 p.m. Click here to RSVP.

JANM Free Family Days: What's Cookin'?

2015年10月10日

FREE ALL DAY Join us for a day of food and fun with a green/sustainability theme. ALL DAY ACTIVITIES: Decorate a re-useable lunch bag to take to school each day. Put your own unique designs on a re-useable water bottle. At Ruthie’s Origami Corner, learn how to make paper onigiri (Japanese rice ball treats). SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES: 12 p.m.–3 p.m.: Balloon Monsoon will make ...

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

2014年05月11日

MONDAY–SUNDAY, May 5–11 30th Anniversary Edition Visual Communications, the nation's premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, once again brings the L.A. Asian Pacific Film Fest to JANM for a series of special event screenings and select encores of Festival favorites. Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2014, the Film Festival will bring the best and brightest of new Asian Pacific American cinema to Li...

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

2014年05月10日

MONDAY–SUNDAY, May 5–11 30th Anniversary Edition Visual Communications, the nation's premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, once again brings the L.A. Asian Pacific Film Fest to JANM for a series of special event screenings and select encores of Festival favorites. Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2014, the Film Festival will bring the best and brightest of new Asian Pacific American cinema to Li...

Target Free Family Saturday: Picture This!

2013年05月11日

Celebrate the openings of American Heroes: Japanese American World War II Nisei Soldiers and the Congressional Gold Medal and Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter at this very fun and educational Target Day! ALL DAY CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES: • Create a self-portrait that’s totally you! • Have your portrait taken and make a customized picture frame for it! • Mark your spot in history on our commun...

Supernatural

2013年02月09日 - 2013年03月17日

Traditions are an integral part of every community. Some of these come from superstitions that our ancestors carried with them. Supernatural features the work of Audrey Kawasaki, Edwin Ushiro, and Timothy Teruo Watters—artists who have explored some of these otherworldly concepts, illustrating how traditional ideas have evolved and been adapted over time. Sponsors: Check out photos on our Facebook page. ...

New Pavilion Designed By Architect Gyo Obata Opens January 23 At Japanese American National Museum In Los Angeles

1999年01月23日

The Japanese American National Museum, the premiere institution dedicated to sharing the Japanese American experience, opened its new Pavilion under the theme, "Celebrating the American Experience", with special ceremonies, performances, workshops, and a gala dinner that drew 35,000 people over four days in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo Historic District. Part of a $45-million expansion and development project, the 85,...

CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM, SELF HELP GRAPHICS TO JOIN JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM AS “FINDING FAMILY STORIES” PARTNERS

1999年01月01日

LOS ANGELES—The California African American Museum, the Chinese American Museum and Self Help Graphics & Art, Inc. have agreed to become participants in Finding Family Stories, a three-year arts partnership project organized by the Japanese American National Museum and funded in its second phase by the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department. The three institutions will work with the Japanese American National Mus...

Making Waves

The Making Waves: Japanese American Photography, 1920–1940 exhibition took an in-depth look at pre-war Japanese American photographers and photography clubs along the Pacific coast whose works were exhibited and published internationally to considerable acclaim. Sadly, much of this output was lost or destroyed during the forced incarceration of Japanese Americans at the onset of World War II. These profiles were prod...

Eyewitness: Stan Honda

Following the devastation of the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001, photojournalist Stan Honda’s extraordinary images of dazed, dust-enveloped victims riveted the public’s attention to the covers and pages of national magazines and newspapers. Honda relates the aftermath of 9/11 to the unconstitutional incarceration by the U.S. government of Japanese Americans during World War II. His photographs of cam...