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  • Contested Histories: Preserving and Sharing a Community Collection

    2024年10月19日 - 2025年01月05日

    During World War II, Japanese Americans incarcerated in America’s concentration camps demonstrated their resilience, ingenuity, and creativity, from crafting necessities like furniture and tools to creating works of art. In 2015, thanks to the efforts of community organizations, leaders, and activists, like the Earle K. & Katherine F. (Muto) Moore Foundation, the Japanese American History: Not For Sale Facebook page,...

  • Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement at HIFF (Hawai‘i)

    2024年10月12日 - 2024年10月13日

    Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement will have its Hawai‘i premiere at the Hawai‘i International Film Festival on Saturday, October 12 and Sunday, October 13, 2024.Experience this new sweeping documentary from JANM’s Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center and PBS SoCal that follows the life of visionary artist-activist Nobuko Miyamoto and her work that changed Asian America forever.Featuring rare archival footage, Nobuko M...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of Mary Karasawa

    2023年06月28日

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is deeply saddened by the passing of Mary Karasawa, a beloved volunteer and school tour docent at the Museum. She and her husband, Richard “Babe” Karasawa, were JANM charter members. Together, they volunteered at least two Fridays each month. Their son, John, joined them in 2017. She and Babe were recipients of the Museum’s Family Spirit Award and receive...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Mourns the Passing of Tomio Ito, Former Member of the Museum's Board of Governors

    2023年02月24日

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is saddened by the recent passing of Tomio Ito, who served as a member of the Museum’s Board of Governors from 1996–2014. Ito’s parents, Gonsaku and Mine, came from Yokkaichi, Japan, to California in 1918 in search of a prosperous life. They eventually settled in Venice, where Tomio was born in 1924. He learned English and Japanese, worked on the farm,...

  • Perseverance at the Middlebury College Museum of Art (Middlebury, VT)

    2016年06月10日 - 2016年08月07日

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Middlebury College Museum of Art Middlebury, VT Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World is a groundbreaking photographic exhibition that explores the master craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattoos and their enduring influence on modern tattoo practices. Even as Japanese-style tattooing has moved into the mainstream, it remains an enigmatic and misunderst...

  • Perseverance at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond, VA)

    2015年05月29日 - 2015年11月29日

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond, VA Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World is a groundbreaking photographic exhibition that explores the master craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattoos and their enduring influence on modern tattoo practices. Even as Japanese-style tattooing has moved into the mainstream, it remains an enigmatic and misunderstood ar...

  • A Day in the Life of Asian Pacific America

    2014年05月10日

    The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center + Flickr present A Day in the Life of Asian Pacific America Somewhere in Asian Pacific America, a child cries; a father cooks breakfast; a mother dresses and goes to work. A thousand tasks get done. A thousand dreams are born. A Day in the Life of Asian Pacific America seeks to capture the particulars of everyday life and piece them together to compose the ...

  • 2009 DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, ‘FORGING ALLIANCES', SET FOR FEB. 21

    2009年02月13日

    The organizing committee for the 2009 Day of Remembrance program, set for Saturday, February 21, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum, announced that the theme for this year’s program will be, "Forging Alliances: Connecting Nikkei to Current Immigration". The keynote speaker will be Professor Roger Daniels, a nationally-recognized scholar in the area of immigration and the Japanese American Wo...

  • Finding Family Stories Arts Partnership Project To Unveil Works Of 8 Southern California Artists At Four Cultural Sites Beginning March 14, 2003

    2003年02月28日

    Finding Family Stories, a three-year arts partnership project that brings together cultural institutions representing Southern California’s diverse communities, will highlight the works of eight emerging and established local artists working in a variety of media, including photography, sculpture, video, and painting, at four sites beginning on Saturday, March 15, 2003, at the Japanese American National Museum in L...

  • 私たちの約束ー再生する

    JANMの施設をリニューアルし、あらゆる皆様に親しみやすく、充実したダイナミックな空間を生み出します（2,500万ドル）。 好奇心と共に始まった旅が、行動を伴って終わる—当館の新しい常設展は来館者の方々にそんな経験を提供する場所になります。日系アメリカ人の物語は、今現在も形作られているアメリカを代表する物語です。新しい常設展示は、本質的に多人種で多民族で多文化であるアメリカの物語を体感していただける場になります。 移民、強制収容、コミュニティーのトラウマ、戦後の政治、人種差別と不寛容、我慢強さとアクティビズム、アイデンティティーと多様性といったテーマを通し、当館の新しい常設展はアイデアや議論、また異なる意見を交換する双方向の場を生み出します。 JANMには、パビリオン、ヒストリック・ビルディング、民主主義保存全米センターの３つの建物があります。来館者の皆様に安全にまた快適に過ごしていただくためには、これ...