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  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    2018年03月31日

    Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with JANM docents. $12 members, $15 non-members. Museum admission included. Comfortable walking shoes recommended. Weather permitting. Limited to 20 participants.

  • Two-Day Workshop: Shibori On! Continuing Explorations in "Shibori" and Indigo

    2018年03月24日 - 2018年03月25日

    SOLD OUT Saturday–Sunday, March 24–25 11 a.m.–4 p.m. In this two-day workshop, continue working with indigo and shibori dyeing using a broad selection of beautiful fabrics, both vintage and unique. Shibori techniques of itajime, arashi, nui, and more will be practiced with both new and continuing students. Participants will also dye threads for stitching and explore some of the things that can ...

  • JUDITH HILL SET TO PERFORM AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM’S GALA DINNER

    2018年03月22日

    Los Angeles, CA—Singer-songwriter Judith Hill, along with her musician parents, Michiko and Pee Wee Hill, will be the featured performers at the Japanese American National Museum’s Gala Dinner and Silent Auction on April 21, 2018, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, Los Angeles. Judith Hill has been a background singer for such legends as Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Ringo Starr, and the late Michael Jac...

  • Author Discussion—"Hiroshima Boy" by Naomi Hirahara

    2018年03月17日

    If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. The latest and final installment in the Mas Arai series finds the curmudgeonly detective returning to Hiroshima to bring his best friend’s ashes to a relative. However, Mas quickly becomes embroiled in the mysterious death of a teenage boy, who was about the same age he was when he survived the atomic bomb in 1945. ...

  • Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Naomi Hirahara

    2018年03月17日

    All members are invited to congratulate Naomi Hirahara on the completion of her popular Mas Arai mystery series prior to the author discussion about her book, Hiroshima Boy. Space is limited. RSVP by March 13 using the link below. You can also contact memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646. In the Koichi & Toyo Nerio Education Center

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO INTERIOR SECRETARY RYAN ZINKE’S COMMENT TO REP. COLLEEN HANABUSA

    2018年03月17日

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum is profoundly disappointed by the insulting treatment of Hawaii Representative Colleen Hanabusa by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. By flippantly responding in Japanese to her impassioned plea for the continued funding of the Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) grant program, Secretary Zinke demonstrated a shocking level of insensitivity and cultural ignoranc...

  • NEW EXHIBITION EXPLORING HAPA IDENTITY TO OPEN AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

    2018年03月09日

    Los Angeles, CA—hapa.me – 15 years of the hapa project, a new exhibition by artist Kip Fulbeck, will open at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, April 7 and remain on view through October 28, 2018. The installation pairs photographs from Fulbeck’s groundbreaking 2006 exhibition, titled kip fulbeck: part Asian, 100% hapa, with new portraits of the same individuals. The photographs are accompanied by eac...

  • Author Discussion—"Un-American: The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II" by Richard Cahan and Michael Williams

    2018年03月03日

    Featuring rarely seen photographs by Dorothea Lange, Ansel Adams, and Japanese American photographers employed by the US government, Un-American is an extensive documentation of the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. The authors used key images from the National Archives and Library of Congress, and then tracked down many of the people in those photographs so that the subjects could share thei...

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    2018年03月03日

    Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Included with museum admission.

  • Members Only Learning at Lunch: Hinamatsuri

    2018年03月03日

    Bring a brown bag lunch and join JANM collections staff as they look at a selection of artifacts focused on the history and traditions of Hinamatsuri (Girls’s Day). Space is limited. RSVP by February 27 using the link below. You can also contact memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646. In the Nancy K. Araki Community Education Center