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  • Members Only Learning at Lunch: Holiday Edition

    2015年11月20日

    All members are invited to kick off the holidays by learning about how Thanksgiving was celebrated in the American concentration camps and by members of the all-Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team. RSVPs recommended to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

  • My Grandmother's House & Native American Storytelling

    2011年12月03日

    Native American storyteller, Loren Russell, tells how a Japanese American Concentration Camp on his Reservation made an impact in the lives of his people.

  • The 27th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

    2011年05月03日 - 2011年05月04日

    The 27th Annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival will be at the National Museum from May 3 to May 4. Presented by Visual Communications (VC), the nation’s premier APA media arts center, screenings will premier and showcase Asian American and International Asian cinema in the nation. The film festival screens 150 films and videos from over 20 countries. 200 industry professionals including filmmakers, celebri...

  • Crossings

    2009年04月02日 - 2009年06月21日

    See the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II through the eyes of ten unique artists from the past and the present. Featuring several never before displayed works from the Museum’s collections, Crossings places art created during the war alongside contemporary work to demonstrate how artists can provide insight into a dark episode in American history and expose its lasting impact on a community...

  • Exhibition Tour: Common Ground

    2008年09月06日

    Tour our ongoing exhibition Common Ground: Heart of a Community with our experienced and knowledgeable docents.

  • 2ND SUNDAY FOR FAMILIES

    2001年10月14日

    Halloween SPOOKY Fun Get ready for Halloween! Join us for a ghoulishly delightful afternoon of storytelling and art-making. Then, join us for a pre-Halloween trick-or-treat in Little Tokyo. Boo! Storytelling - Enjoy a reading of goblin stories by actor Rodney Kageyama. Make Your Own Mask - See masks from Japan, Korea, Africa and other countries and learn how to make a fun mask yourself. Trick-or-T...

  • Horticulture in Southern California

    1997年09月12日

    Join Bruce Asakawa, host of the San Diego radio talk show West Coast Gardenline as he speaks about Southern California geography, climate, and soil conditions. Mr. Asakawa is a landscape architect who has worked in California’s retail nursery and landscape industry for over 40 years and whose popular radio program reaches more than 1.2 million listeners each weekend. A definite treat for all gardener enthusiasts and ...

  • Asian Pacific Tales

    1997年03月08日

    Kona Coffee Story Exhibit Series Family Performance Featuring: East West Players’ Theater for Youth With goals of stimulating children to discover other people and cultures and promoting racial understanding and tolerance, the East West Players present Asian Pacific Tales. This performance includes two tales from Hawai'i and one from the Philippines. East West Players Theater for Youth is one of the most enter...

  • Transcendients - Videos

    Videos of the public programs and artist talks presented in conjunction with the exhibition. Transcendients: Heroes at Borders Walkthrough Artist Taiji Terasaki leads you through his exhibition. Artist Talks with Taiji Terasaki A series of artist talks by Taiji Terasaki from his studio in Hawaii. He shares updates from the heroes that were honored in the exhibition. Many of the Transcendient...

  • Featured Collections

    TANAKA STUDIO COLLECTION (2007.61) This collection includes over 1,000 photographic negatives from Issei photographer Chikashi Tanaka (1888–1977). These photographs, taken for hundreds of clients, document the vibrant and deeply-rooted Japanese American community in Southern California during the prewar era. Japanese American National Museum, Gift in memory of Chikashi & Asa Tanaka and Yasuo “Clifford” & Yur...