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  • Opera Preview Event: “The Camp”

    2025年02月02日

    Jazz up the new year with an exclusive preview of The Camp, a powerful new opera that follows the Shimono family’s journey through a World War II concentration camp in the US. Created by librettist Lionelle Hamanaka, a descendant of camp survivors, and composer Daniel Kessner, The Camp sheds light on the emotional and physical toll of imprisonment and the strength found in familial bonds and collective resistance.Thi...

  • Mario Gershom Reyes: OBRAS DE LUZ (Works of Light)

    2024年12月06日 - 2025年01月05日

    As a photojournalist with The Rafu Shimpo (Los Angeles’s Japanese American newspaper since 1903), Mario Reyes has documented the milestones, the tragedies, and the victories of the Japanese American community in Los Angeles. A new pop-up exhibition at JANM features photographs that record the moments and people that make up life in Little Tokyo, from Nisei Week Parades and political protests to schoolchildren and spo...

  • Two-Day Workshop: Wonderful World of Washi

    2024年06月22日

    Two-Day Workshop: Wonderful World of Washi Saturday, June 22: 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Saturday, June 29: 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Explore the wonderful world of washi in this two-part workshop. Learn how to cover a variety of wooden beads with delicate washi (traditional Japanese paper) and create original jewelry by arranging them on beading wire alongside commercial beads. Bring a willingness to learn and leave with a stun...

  • JANM to Relaunch the Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy on December 1, 2023

    2023年11月15日

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will relaunch the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy as the Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) on Friday, December 1, 2023. The relaunch will include remarks by James E. Herr, director of the Democracy Center, and Bill T Fujioka, chair of the JANM Board of Trustees. Musical performances wil...

  • Defining Courage—Aloha Edition

    2023年09月09日

    Special “Aloha” Edition in Support of Maui Fire Relief ONE NIGHT ONLY! Saturday, September 9 at 7 p.m. The Marsee Auditorium in Torrance, CA You’re invited to support the Maui relief efforts by attending a special showing of Defining Courage. The immersive live performance honors the most decorated US soldiers of World War II—the 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the ...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Names Directors for the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at JANM and the Watase Media Arts Center

    2022年10月20日

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has appointed James E. Herr as the new director of the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at JANM and Tadashi Nakamura as the new director of the Museum’s Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center. Herr brings over twenty years in philanthropic and nonprofit management to his work. Previously, he was a program officer at the Annenberg Foundatio...

  • Author Discussion—Writing Heroes with Naomi Hirahara & Sarah Kuhn

    2022年03月26日

    Virtual: $5 General Admission / FREE for Members In person: $16 General Admission* / FREE for Members *In person ticket included admission to the museum galleries. Learn more. Join award winning Japanese American authors Naomi Hirahara (An Eternal Lei) and Sarah Kuhn (From Little Tokyo, with Love) in discussion of their recently released books that explore the power of young women and the significan...

  • "Hello!" Exhibiting Artists Panel Discussion

    2015年02月28日

    Artists Paul Frank, Simone Legno, and Brandi Milne, whose work is featured in the contemporary art portion of Hello! The Supercute World of Hello Kitty, will participate in a discussion about their work and how Hello Kitty served as inspiration. The artists will sign copies of the Hello! exhibition catalog after the discussion. $12 members; $15 non-members. Does not include admission. ARTIST BIOS Paul...

  • "When Half is Whole" by Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu

    2014年06月28日

    "I listen and gather people's stories. Then I write them down in a way that I hope will communicate something to others, so that seeing these stories will give readers something of value. I tell myself that this isn't going to be done unless I do it, just because of who I am. It's a way of making my mark, leaving something behind...not that I'm planning on going anywhere right now." So explains Stephen Murphy-...

  • "The Heart Mountain Story": An Exhibition of Photographs begins Feb. 18 at the Japanese American National Museum

    1999年02月01日

    A collection of poignant, historical photographs taken by two Life Magazine photographers of the Heart Mountain concentration camp in Wyoming will be on display at the Japanese American National Museum’s Legacy Center Gallery beginning on February 18, and continuing until August 22, 1999. Heart Mountain was the designated location of one of the American camps used to unconstitutionally hold Japanese Americans durin...