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  • The Japanese American National Museum Receives $503,877 from Two Japanese American Confinement Sites Grants

    2022年12月02日

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has received $327,974 for Preserving America’s Community Treasures (PACT): The Toyo Miyatake Collection and $175,903 for Eating Together: Food in Japanese America, two grants from the Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) Grant Program. The $327,974 JACS grant for Preserving America’s Community Treasures (PACT): The Toyo Miyatake Collection will ...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of Mary Adams Urashima, Leader of Effort to Preserve History of Japanese Americans in Huntington Beach

    2022年12月01日

    LOS ANGELES, CA –The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is deeply saddened by the passing of Mary Adams Urashima. A local history expert and preservationist, Urashima led the effort to preserve the history of Japanese Americans in Orange County, in particular Huntington Beach. She created the blog historicwintersburg.blogspot.com to raise awareness and document the history of Japanese pioneers in Wintersburg Vi...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Receives a Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to Support the Upcoming Exhibition, Cruising J-Town: Nikkei Car Culture in Southern California

    2022年11月30日

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) was awarded $75,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support the upcoming exhibition, Cruising J-Town: Nikkei Car Culture in Southern California. This NEH grant will allow JANM to create an exhibition about Nikkei car culture from the early 1900s to the present. Nikkei are Japanese emigrants and their descendants who have create...

  • Museum Store Sunday 2022

    2022年11月27日

    On November 27, 2022, join us for the 6th Annual Museum Store Sunday! Museums foster appreciation and knowledge of art, nature, culture, science, and history. When you purchase a gift from the museum store, you help to sustain the museum’s service to their community and the public. Products found in museum stores are curated just like the works displayed in their respective institutions, with many items often develop...

  • Member Appreciation Days 2022

    2022年11月25日 - 2022年11月27日

    We appreciate the support of JANM members and are thankful for your patronage through these interesting times! To show our gratitude we are offering 20% discount on qualified store purchases* from November 25th-27th. You must place your orders between November 25th-27th in order to qualify for the 20% discount. To receive the special 20% off discount online, enter the code: MADNESS when prompted for a discount co...

  • NUNO and J-Scent Trunk Show

    2022年11月19日 - 2022年11月20日

    We are pleased to announce our first post-pandemic, in-person trunk show featuring one of our popular vendors, NUNO! Chad and Charles will be back at JANM with some rarely-offered NUNO clothing as well as the time-honored favorite selection of scarves and shawls (you can see examples of NUNO wares in our catalog.) And joining us for the first time is J-Scent, the fabulous Japanese fragrance maker, creator of uniqu...

  • Fueled by Fury with Joan Takayama-Ogawa & Renee Tajima-Peña

    2022年11月17日

    FREE In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Join ceramics artist Joan Takayama-Ogawa and award-winning filmmaker Renee Tajima-Peña for a conversation about using their anger at injustice to create powerful art that inspires social change. This conversation is presented in conjunction with the new exhibition, Joan Takayama-Ogawa: Ceramic Beacon, at the Craft in America Center. Image courtesy of Joan Takayama-Og...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Received a $2.55 Million Multi-Year Operating Support Grant from the Perenchio Foundation

    2022年11月11日

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has received a $2.55 million Multi-Year Operating Support Grant from the Perenchio Foundation. This grant will support the Museum’s general operations, including programming, community engagement, fundraising, and accessibility, over three years. “We are immensely grateful to the Perenchio Foundation for this extraordinary investment in JANM to amplify...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Hosts Virtual Program on Issei Artist Wakaji Matsumoto

    2022年11月10日

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host the free virtual program, The Story of Wakaji Matsumoto: An Artist in Two Worlds, on Saturday, December 10, 2022 in English and Japanese from 5 p.m.–6:30 p.m. PST (Sunday, December 11, 2022 from 9 a.m.–10:30 a.m. JST). Guests can indicate their language preference during registration. This virtual program dives into the new online exhibition,...

  • JANM Condemns the Anti-Asian Rhetoric Used in Political Elections Against Asian American Candidates

    2022年11月09日

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) condemns the anti-Asian rhetoric that political candidates used in their campaigns to attack Asian Americans running for office. Their hateful rhetoric portrays Asian Americans as untrustworthy foreigners and validates racism towards people of color. “Using anti-Asian rhetoric in political campaigns damages democracy and denigrates the contributions an...