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Mixed Remixed Festival

2016年06月10日 - 2016年06月11日

Friday–Saturday, June 10–11 FREE Mixed Remixed is an exciting film, book, and performance festival dedicated to celebrating and raising awareness of the mixed-heritage experience. Activities include panels, workshops, readings, and film screenings as well as live music, comedy, and spoken word. Mixed Remixed is timed to coincide with Loving Day (June 12), an annual worldwide commemoration of Loving ...

Collections Highlight

2014年02月22日

Contributing Level Members and above ($150 plus) are invited to join our new Curator of History Lily Anne Welty, Ph.D. for a talk regarding the Calvin and George Saito Collection. Artifacts and correspondences between the brothers, who were members of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and their father will bring their story to life. RSVP to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5657.

Member Appreciation Days

2013年05月03日 - 2013年05月05日

Friday, May 3 - Sunday, May 5 JANM Members get 20% discount at the Museum Store and janmstore.com, plus free admission and 20% discount at other participating Southern California institutions including museums, libraries, and other cultural sites including MOCA, Pacific Asia Museum, Skirball Center, and the San Diego Museum of Art. See a list of participating organizations >>

Precious Metal Clay (PMC) Jewelry Making Workshop: Sterling Silver Rings

2010年11月20日

PLEASE NOTE: This class has been canceled. Precious Metal Clay is the newest jewelry-making material from Japan that has brought an ease and fun to metal work. Come learn cutting-edge jewelry-making techniques in two new PMC Classes, "Introduction to Precious Metal Clay Sterling Silver" and "Precious Metal Clay Sterling Silver Rings," offered from returning Rio Grande certified PMC teacher and artist, Lee Takasug...

Legacy Series: Daniel Dae Kim

2010年05月15日

Enjoy an evening of candid conversations with some of the most successful and influential leaders within the entertainment industry, the seminars are an opportunity to gain first-hand insights and perspectives in a master class setting reminiscent of Bravo's "Inside the Actor’s Studio." The first Legacy Series' first guest is Lost's Daniel Dae Kim in conversation with Giant Robot's Eric Nakamura. Presented in c...

"A Promise Kept"

2004年10月16日

Our new series for families begins with the Japanese style of storytelling, kamishibai, currently making its way into 700 schools throughout the state of Arkansas. A Promise Kept is about the friendship and promise between two elementary school boys, Mitch and Tom, before, during, and after World War II. This story is especially for kids in fourth through sixth grade. A craft activity where kids can create their own ...

Members' Reception and International Nikkei Research Project Book Signing in Hon

2003年01月25日

Join the National Museum's Hawai'i Advisory Council for a 10th Anniversary Members' Reception in Honolulu, Hawai'i. The reception will also feature an update on the international travel and "homecoming" of the exhibition From Bento to Mixed Plate: Americans of Japanese Ancestry in Multicultural Hawai'i, plans for Bento reunion activities on Maui in February 2004 when the exhibition ends its run at the Maui Arts & Cul...

Crafting History

2002年11月16日 - 2003年05月04日

Craft objects made by Japanese Americans comprise one of the most significant categories of artifacts from the World War II concentration camps. This exhibition examines arts and crafts as an important outlet for Japanese Americans during World War II, and explores what these items mean today as we reflect on the legacy of the incarceration. Crafting History: Arts and Crafts from America’s Concentration Camps will...

Japanese Americans in Baseball

2000年05月06日

This special program celebrates the opening of the traveling exhibition Diamonds in the Rough: Japanese Americans in Baseball. The exhibition’s organizers, the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) and the Nisei Baseball Research Project, will join the Japanese American National Museum for a tribute to Japanese American baseball players and a ceremonial first pitch. Curators Kerry Yo Nakagawa ...

AT&T East West Players New Voices Writers Gallery: Sidework by Michael Ahn

1997年04月10日

Thursday Evenings at the Museum New Play Reading The fifth play presentation in this continuing series of new play readings by Asian American playwrights. Join the Museum as it hosts the directors and cast members from East West Players in the debut readings of these fine, new works. Sidework by Michael Ahn tells the story of two women, one of whom is played by June Kyoku Lu, who teach each other some hard l...