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Members Only Meet and Greet with Lon Kurashige

2017年03月25日

Members are invited to an exclusive pre-event reception with author Lon Kurashige prior to the public discussion about his book, Two Faces of Exclusion: The Untold History of Anti-Asian Racism in the United States. Space is limited. RSVP by March 22 to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

Spotlight on the Japanese American WWII Experience and Current Affairs

2014年03月01日

Presentation of the Japanese American WWII experience and how that experience is relevant to current affairs. Will feature a panel discussion that will span seven decades, three generations and four wars as it brings together Japanese Americans who served in World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Moderated by Darrell Kunitomi. PANELISTS: Masao Takahashi - World War II veteran, 1...

Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation Town Hall, Film Showing, Panel Discussion

2014年02月22日

Meet the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation leadership for a Town Hall, during which time Congresswoman Judy Chu, from California's 27th District, will give remarks and the Foundation will recognize Nancy Araki, JANM's recently retired Director of Community Affairs. Afterwards, join us for the premiere of the extended version of Witness: The Legacy of Heart Mountain by ABC Reporter David Ono and Producer Jeff MacIntyr...

"A Flicker in Eternity" by Sharon Yamato, Ann Kaneko, and Joanne Oppenheim

2013年06月01日

Screenings will be held at 2PM and 3PM.: This documentary tells the true World War II story of Stanley Hayami, a talented young teenager caught between his dreams of becoming an artist and his duty to his country. Based on Stanley’s diary and letters archived at the Japanese American National Museum, this coming-of-age tale chronicles Stanley’s life behind barbed wire and as a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat...

AUTHOR KIYO SATO TO READ, DISCUSS MEMOIR 'KIYO'S STORY' ON JULY 17

2010年07月13日

Author Kiyo Sato will read from and discuss her award-winning memoir, Kiyo’s Story: A Japanese American Family’s Quest for the American Dream, at a public program set for Saturday, July 17, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. Like thousands of Japanese Americans, the Sato family was forcibly removed from their home and sent to live in a government-run concentration camp in...

Fighting For Democracy at National Civil Rights Museum (Memphis, TN)

2010年05月29日 - 2010年08月29日

TRAVELING EXHIBITION National Civil Rights Museum Memphis, TN About the Exhibition Through the diverse perspectives of seven ordinary citizens whose lives and communities were forever changed by World War II, this exhibition asks visitors to think critically about freedom, history, and, ultimately, the ongoing struggle to live democratically in a diverse America. Fighting For Democracy: Who is the “...

PROF. MITCHELL MAKI TO FACILITATE MINETA-TAKEI CONVERSATION OCT. 24

2009年10月10日

Professor Mitchell Maki will facilitate the conversation between former Secretary of Transportation Norman Y Mineta and actor/activist George Takei at a special fundraising event organized by the Japanese American National Museum and set for its Democracy Forum on Saturday, October 24, beginning at 2 p.m. "Conversations with Norman Mineta and George Takei" is a new National Museum series created to provide a vehic...

Diamonds in the Rough

2000年05月06日 - 2000年07月16日

Diamonds in the Rough: Japanese Americans in Baseball presents the hidden history of Japanese American baseball, from the turn-of-the-century Issei teams to the present-day legacies. This exhibition adds an important voice to the annals of baseball history. With artifacts, photographs, video, and a diorama of Zenimura Field at Gila River concentration camp, it demonstrates how the history of Japanese American base...

From Bento to Mixed Plate

1998年03月14日 - 1999年01月03日

This exhibition traces the evolution of Japanese American identity in multicultural Hawai‘i as seen through the eyes of the first generation to the present. Americans of Japanese ancestry (AJAs) share their story through the use of personal artifacts, family photographs, and first-person accounts. Told from an AJA perspective the uniqueness of the Island culture is evident and is truly a story involving all of Haw...

Three California Museums to Collaborate in Arts Partnership

1997年08月01日

The Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles; Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, announced they will collaborate in the third year of the Japanese American National Museum’s arts partnership project, Finding Family Stories, funded in part by the James Irvine Foundation. This is the third year of the three-year collaboration between the Ja...