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  • NEH Awards $190,000 Education Grant to JANM

    2024年09月20日

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) a $190,000 Landmarks of American History and Culture for K–12 Educators Grant for the project, Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations 2025. JANM has been the recipient of this grant for the third year in a row. The project will support two five-day, residential workshops for ...

  • Pioneers to Prodigy: Pioneering Asian Dancers on Film

    2024年09月08日

    Discover the power of dance with screenings of the documentaries Michio Ito Pioneering Dancer-Choreographer (2012, 22 minutes) and Ten Times Better (2024, 30 minutes) and a short film featuring the Music Center’s Spotlight Award Winner, Lex Ishimoto. Jennifer Lin, director of Ten Times Better, will be joined in conversation with Nancy Kwan, star of the film version of Flower Drum Song. Learn about the dancers who bro...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Mourns the Passing of Richard Riordan

    2023年04月26日

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of Richard Riordan, the former mayor of Los Angeles. He helped JANM secure the Historic Building as the site for the Museum, approved decisions to help move the dream of the Central Avenue Art Park project near JANM forward, and attended the opening of the Pavilion featuring the theme Celebrating the American Experience on January 22, 1...

  • The Japanese American National Museum and Asian American Pacific Islander Arts Network Present a Program on the Legacy of Former Curator, Karin Higa

    2022年10月28日

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) and the Asian American Pacific Islander Arts Network (AAPIAN) present Karin Higa: Hidden in Plain Sight on Saturday, November 5, 2022 from 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m. PDT in the Tateuchi Democracy Forum. This free in-person and virtual program is the first in a two-part series that highlights the legacy of the late curator, writer, and cultural activist Karin Hig...

  • PHOTO EXHIBITION AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM DEPICTS TRIUMPH OVER ADVERSITY

    2018年10月25日

    Los Angeles, CA—Gambatte! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit, going on view at the Japanese American National Museum on November 17, 2018, presents large-format contemporary photos taken by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Paul Kitagaki Jr. next to images shot 75 years ago by such noted photographers as Dorothea Lange, Ansel Adams, and others. Each pairing features the same individuals or their direct descendants as ...

  • KOKORO CRAFT BOUTIQUE SET FOR OCTOBER 7 AT JANM

    2018年09月04日

    Los Angeles, CA—The tenth annual Kokoro Craft Boutique, organized by volunteers at the Japanese American National Museum, will take place at the museum on Sunday, October 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with Yuujou Daiko, a taiko performance group based in South San Gabriel, performing at 1 p.m. Admission to the boutique is free. Kokoro Craft Boutique will feature more than 50 vendors selling unique jewelry, kimono fab...

  • IT’S "KAIJU VS HEROES" AT THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM!

    2018年08月22日

    Los Angeles, CA—Hundreds of contemporary and vintage Japanese vinyl toys will take up residence at the Japanese American National Museum beginning September 15, 2018, installed as part of Kaiju vs Heroes: Mark Nagata’s Journey through the World of Japanese Toys, a new exhibition that will be on view through March 24, 2019. The kaiju and heroes to be featured represent but a fraction of toy designer Mark Nagata’s coll...

  • “Ansel Adams at Manzanar” Features over 50 Vintage Prints of Life in World War II Concentration Camp

    2006年10月06日

    Ansel Adams at Manzanar features the original work of one of America’s most famous photographers, who, during World War II, documented life in an American concentration camp. This exhibition opens at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, November 11, 2006, and will run through February 18, 2007. Organized by the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Ansel Adams at Manzanar includes more than 50 vintage prints from t...

  • Public Program and Book Signing cosponsored by the Embassy of Japan, the Smithsonian

    2003年11月01日

    Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C. Scholars from Brazil, Canada, and the United States will discuss two new landmark publications that explore the current status of Nikkei in the Americas as well as common attributes Nikkei share, especially in terms of the family, the position of women, religion, education, politics, and economics. For more information, please contact ...

  • From Bento to Mixed Plate at National Museum of Ethnology (Osaka, Japan)

    2001年04月19日 - 2001年08月28日

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION National Museum of Ethnology Osaka, Japan Following its successful international debut in Okinawa, From Bento to Mixed Plate will continue its travel throughout Japan with its opening at the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka. This exhibition has been re-designed for the Japanese speaking visitor to share the historical and personal stories of Hawai‘i’s AJA (Americans of Japanese ancest...