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Ireicho National Tour—Jerome and Rohwer, Arkansas

2025年05月21日 - 2025年05月22日

JANM is partnering with The Irei Project and USC’s Duncan Ryuken Williams to travel The Ireichō: Book of Names in conjunction with pilgrimages to all ten former War Relocation Authority concentration camps, to other Department of Justice and Wartime Civil Control Administration incarceration sites, and selected cities across the US. The tour is part of JANM on the Go, a series of programs and exhibitions presented ac...

LA Asian Pacific Film Festival at JANM

2025年05月01日 - 2025年05月07日

Celebrate with Visual Communications as they present the 41st edition of the VC Film Fest (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival) from May 1–7, 2025. The festival is the premier showcase for the best and brightest of Asian Pacific cinema and has presented over 5,000 films, videos, and digital mediaworks by Asian and Pacific Islander artists since 1983.The Democracy Center at JANM is excited to be one of the LAAPFF ...

New Film on Legendary Filmmaker Robert A. Nakamura to have Los Angeles Premiere May 3

2025年04月18日

Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces the Los Angeles premiere of Third Act on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at 6 p.m. at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center as part of the 41st LA Asian Pacific Film Festival presented by Visual...

THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM MOURNS THE PASSING OF ARCHITECT GYO OBATA WHOSE ARTISTIC VISION WAS ESSENTIAL TO THE DESIGN OF THE MUSEUM

2022年03月11日

LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is deeply saddened by the passing of famed architect Gyo Obata, who designed JANM’s 84,000-square-foot Pavilion. Obata was 99 when he passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 in St. Louis, Missouri. Obata was born in San Francisco, California, in 1923. His father, Chiura, was an Issei painter and art professor at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Ber...

East West Players presents a reading of A WIDOW OF NO IMPORTANCE by Shane Sakhrani

2010年12月09日

Deepa has been a widow for a year. Her only desire is to see her daughter married so that she can die in peace. But when she starts receiving romantic advances from her recently divorced neighbor, also her son’s best friend, she starts to see the benefits of living.

Quakers: Friends of the Japanese American Community

2010年06月05日

FREE! The Society of Friends (Quakers) were one of the few groups to publicly defend and support the Japanese Americans during the Second World War. Learn more about their important social justice work and legacy that extends to today. Program:Remarks from Joe Franko, former AFSC Regional DirectorVideo clips of AFSC’s “Spirited Engagement”Keynote Speaker: Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, Ph.D., George and Sakaye Aratani Profess...

Friends of the Museum: Kokoro Craft Affair

2009年05月30日

Come to a showcase and sale of unique, high quality, handcrafted items in a wide range of prices. Crafts for sale include: Contemporary Kokeshi Art - Jewelry - Purses - Woodcraft - Origami art - Kimono Fabric Clothing - Paintings - Ceramics - Cultural T-Shirts - Floral Art - Glass Art, and More! Admission to the Boutique is FREE. A portion of the profits will support the National Museum's educational programs ...

To All Relations: Memories of Boyle Heights

2003年01月25日 - 2003年02月02日

From swing to hip-hop, from tamales to knishes, from Dia de los Muertos to Obon, Boyle Heights is one of the most significant neighborhoods in the history of Los Angeles. Join Great Leap for performances that celebrate the history and diversity of this unique place. Created during the To All Relations: Memories of Boyle Heights residency project, the performances will use storytelling, theater, music, song, and da...

Hanamatsuri: The Celebration of Buddha’s Birth

2000年04月09日

The birth of Buddha will be celebrated at the Museum with several programs slated for the day, including a lecture in Japanese at 11 a.m. and in English at 2 p.m. on “Living Together in Harmony” by Mark Unno of Carleton College in Minnesota, a taiko performance, a Hanamatsuri (flower festival) service, and activities for children. Programs are free of charge and open to the public. Reservations are required. To ma...

In this Great Land of Freedom

1993年08月07日 - 1994年01月16日

This historical overview exhibition is created by the Museum in partnership with the Oregon Historical Society and the Japanese American community in Oregon. The exhibition tells of the early struggles and triumphs of the Japanese pioneers of Oregon from 1890 to 1952.