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  • JANM and LTHS Unveils New Plaque on JANM’s Historic Building in Honor of Its 100th Anniversary

    2023年09月12日

    LOS ANGELES, CA – On Tuesday, September 12, 2023, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) and Little Tokyo Historical Society (LTHS) unveiled a plaque and new street signs marking the significance of JANM’s Historic Building and its City of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument designation in advance of its upcoming 100th anniversary. The Historic Building was designed by local architect Edgar Cline and buil...

  • JANM Decries Remarks by Czech President Petr Pavel Minimizing the Incarceration of Japanese Americans

    2023年06月16日

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) decries the recent comments by Czech President Petr Pavel that minimized the incarceration of people of Japanese descent in the US during World War II and suggested that Russians living abroad today should be subjected to similar treatment. In an interview with Radio Free Europe on Thursday, Pavel said that Russian nationals living abroad should be “m...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of Roger Daniels, Preeminent Historian and Scholar of the World War II Japanese American Incarceration Experience

    2022年12月16日

    LOS ANGELES, CA –The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is saddened by the passing of Roger Daniels, the preeminent historian and scholar of his generation on the World War II Japanese American experience. He was ninety-five years old when he passed away on December 9, 2022. Daniels was the Charles Phelps Taft Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Cincinnati. Beginning with The Politics of Preju...

  • Upper Level Members and VIP Reception: “A Life in Pieces”

    2021年09月10日

    Members at the Sustaining level and above are invited to a special reception and brief program celebrating the exhibition A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami with Judy Hayami and members of the Hayami family. By invitation only. Invitations were mailed in mid-August. Masks are required for all visitors, regardless of vaccination status, except for children age two and younger.

  • Nima Voices: Episode 5—Jay Horinouchi

    2021年07月06日

    Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories. Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief, but enlightening, interviews. Joi...

  • JANM’S MAY FREE FAMILY DAY EXPLORES IDENTITY AND HERITAGE

    2018年04月24日

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum will be a fun and thoughtful place to explore themes of identity and personal heritage during its JANM Free Family Day on May 12, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to the museum, its exhibitions, and its “Identity, My-dentity’ Family Day activities—including crafts, storytelling, a poetry workshop, and an improv performance—will be free. All ages are welcome. “I...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNOUNCES HONOREES FOR 2018 GALA DINNER

    2018年01月25日

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum will hold its annual Gala Dinner and Silent Auction on April 21, 2018, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, Los Angeles. The evening’s theme will be Service to Democracy and the honorees will be Senator Mazie K. Hirono of Hawaii and political activist Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga. Both women will receive the museum’s Award of Excellence. “Senator Hirono and Aik...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM TO DISPLAY EATON COLLECTION AS "CONTESTED HISTORIES"

    2017年12月20日

    Los Angeles, CA—Beginning January 7, 2018, the Japanese American National Museum will display the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection, which was saved from the auction block in 2015 through the efforts of various community groups that felt Japanese American history from World War II should not be for sale. Opening day coincides with the museum’s annual Oshogatsu Family Festival, which is free all day from 11 a.m. to 5...

  • NEW EXHIBITION EXPLORING JAPANESE LATINO AND LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS TO OPEN AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

    2017年08月24日

    Los Angeles, CA Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo, a new exhibition opening at the Japanese American National Museum on September 17, will examine the experiences of artists of Japanese ancestry born, raised, or living in either Latin America or predominantly Latin American neighborhoods of Southern California. The exhibition will show how ethni...

  • THE BOYLE HEIGHTS PROJECT EXPLORES THE RICH CULTURAL HISTORY OF THIS SIGNIFICANT LOS ANGELES NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, MUSIC AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING

    2002年08月01日

    LOS ANGELES, CA—A major project exploring issues of multiculturalism and community building, in one of the most significant neighborhoods in the history of Los Angeles, culminates with the opening of a major new exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum on September 8, 2002. The Boyle Heights Project is a multi-year collaboration that has researched and documented the diverse histories and experiences of a ...