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Members Only—Intersecting Identities: LGBTQ Focus

2017年05月13日

JANM presents a new series of panel discussions designed to break down barriers to social understanding. In conjunction with New Frontiers, today’s panel features three members of the LGBTQ community who will share their personal experiences and perspectives. Moderated by Dr. Curtiss Takada Rooks, Assistant Professor of Asian and Asian American Studies, Loyola Marymount University. Space is limited; RSVP by M...

Member Appreciation Days

2017年05月12日 - 2017年05月14日

Friday–Sunday, May 12–14, 2017 JANM members always enjoy a 10% store discount and free admission to JANM. On this special weekend, take advantage of a 20% discount at the JANM Store and janmstore.com, plus free admission and a 20% store discount at 14 other participating Southern California institutions—including California Science Center, Kidspace Children’s Museum, Fowler Museum at UCLA, and Skirball Cultura...

Film Screening and Discussion—"K-TOWN ’92 Reporters: Who Gets to Tell the Story?"

2017年05月11日

K-TOWN ’92 Reporters was produced by Peabody award-winning filmmaker Grace Lee as part of ktown92.com, an interactive web archive that explores the 1992 Los Angeles Riots through the lens of greater Koreatown. With a mix of archival news footage, new interviews, and other media, ktown92.com invites users to create their own unique documentary experience and to hear poignant stories that were overlooked by the media c...

"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

2017年05月06日

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

2017 Gala Dinner and Silent Auction

2017年05月06日

Reconnecting with the Past, Forging Our Future Honoring: Irene Hirano Inouye, Lifetime Achievement Award Bruce T. Kaji, Legacy Award Tom Ikeda, Founders’ Award Join us for the 2017 Gala Dinner and Silent Auction at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, Los Angeles on Saturday, May 6. Reconnecting with the Past, Forging Our Future will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Japanese Amer...

2017 Gala Dinner and Silent Auction

Honoring Irene Hirano Inouye Bruce T. Kaji Tom Ikeda

Before They Were Heroes at Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA)

2017年05月03日 - 2017年06月26日

TRAVELING EXHIBITION Harvard Medical School Boston, MA Susumu “Sus” Ito’s WWII photographs were taken while on a tour of duty through Europe as a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team’s 522nd Field Artillery Battalion. While Ito participated in such dramatic events as the rescue of the Lost Battalion, these rare and breathtaking images capture the humble daily lives of a group of young Japanese A...

NATIONAL MUSEUM SETS 2011 OSHOGATSU FAMILY FESTIVAL ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 2

2010年12月24日

To open 2011, the Japanese American National Museum will once again hold its free annual Oshogatsu (New Year) Family Festival on Sunday, January 2, 2011, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at its facility in Little Tokyo, featuring taiko performances, food demonstrations and tastings, and arts and crafts related to the arrival of a new year. At the MOCA Geffen facility (next door to the National Museum), a special Sunday Studio...

GIANT ROBOT, JANM TO UNVEIL ZEN GARAGE CONCEPT SHOW DEC. 30 FROM 5 TO 9 P.M.

2010年12月24日

As part of its continuing "Salon Pop" series, Giant Robot and the Japanese American National Museum will unveil the concept exhibition, Zen Garage, developed in collaboration between the National Museum and Eric Nakamura of Giant Robot, on December 30, 2010 and running through February 13, 2011. The display will open from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on December 30 at the National Museum in Little Tokyo in downtown Los Ang...

NATIONAL MUSEUM RECEIVES IMLS MEDAL FROM 1ST LADY

2010年12月17日

The Japanese American National Museum was presented the Institute of Museums and Library Services’ (IMLS) National Medal, the nation’s highest honor for museums, by First Lady Michelle Obama in ceremonies at the White House on Friday, December 17, 2010. The National Medal was accepted by National Museum President & CEO Akemi Kikumura Yano, Board Chairman Emeritus Ernest Doizaki, and community member Paul Takemoto. ...