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  • THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM CELEBRATES 30th ANNIVERSARY WITH THE THEME OF “HONORING OUR HISTORY, REIMAGINING OUR FUTURE”

    2022年01月11日

    LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the opening of the Historic Building in 1992. JANM will use the historic occasion to reflect on all its accomplishments in the first three decades, and the timeliness and timelessness of its mission: To promote greater understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the full range of th...

  • CANCELLED: New Year’s Tales with Stanley Hayami

    2022年01月08日

    EVENT UPDATE As of December 27, 2021 With the rapidly increasing COVID-19 infection rates in Los Angeles County due to the Omicron variant, the Japanese American National Museum will temporarily close to the public effective immediately. The safety of our community is of paramount importance to us, as is our obligation as a public institution to do our part to support efforts to inhibit the spread of the COVI...

  • THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNOUNCES CALL FOR NOMINATIONS TO RECOGNIZE “30 CHANGEMAKERS UNDER 30” FOR ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY

    2022年01月06日

    LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is seeking nominations for thirty young people under age 30, in their community or professional life to improve, advocate, or educate about the Japanese American experience. These “30 Changemakers Under 30” will be recognized at JANM’s 30th Anniversary benefit on April 30, 2022. The “changemakers” will exemplify JANM’s mission and are making extraordina...

  • 2022 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Tiger

    2022年01月02日

    EVENT UPDATE As of December 27, 2021 With the rapidly increasing COVID-19 infection rates in Los Angeles County due to the Omicron variant, the Japanese American National Museum will temporarily close to the public effective immediately. The safety of our community is of paramount importance to us, as is our obligation as a public institution to do our part to support efforts to inhibit the spread of the COVI...

  • Members Only Conversation: New Year’s Food!

    2022年01月02日

    FREE for members Get an exclusive, virtual behind the scenes tour of a Little Tokyo restaurant during the busiest holiday of the year! Only for members! More details to come. RSVPs are required using the link below or by contacting memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646 by Tuesday, December 28. RSVP NOW This event is presented in conjunction with the 2022 Oshogatsu Festival.

  • Holiday Tales with Stanley Hayami

    2021年12月18日 - 2021年12月19日

    In this immersive experience, get transported back to the 1940s with actor Kurt Sanchez Kanazawa, the voice of Stanley Hayami in A Life in Pieces, as he reads aloud from the letters and diaries of Stanley. Diary entries and letters will be selected from his time during the winter holidays in the Heart Mountain concentration camp and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Please note there will be three similar readings...

  • Conversation on Tule Lake Stockade Diary by Tatsuo Ryusei Inouye

    2021年12月11日

    FREE RSVP to attend in person RSVP to attend virtually Join Nancy Kyoko Oda, Hiroshi Shimizu, Masumi Izumi, Duncan Williams, and David Yoo in a conversation moderated by Karen Umemoto around this groundbreaking new book, Tule Lake Stockade Diary. The diary, originally written in Japanese and translated for the first time into English, tells Tatsuo Ryusei Inouye’s story of struggle and resilience ...

  • THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR THE PRESERVATION OF DEMOCRACY AT THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM AND ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE–LA ANNOUNCE TWO RECIPIENTS OF THE ARTISTS AT WORK INITIATIVE

    2021年12月09日

    LOS ANGELES - The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at the Japanese American National Museum (NCPD@JANM) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice–Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA) have selected two artists who will develop new art projects that will explore the theme of anti-Asian hate and racism. The two artists — Audrey Chan and jason chu – were selected for the Los Angeles cohort of the Artists At...

  • ANN CURRY ANNOUNCED AS FEATURED SPEAKER AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM’S GALA DINNER

    2019年02月20日

    Los Angeles, CA—Award-winning journalist and photojournalist Ann Curry will be the featured speaker at the Japanese American National Museum’s Gala Dinner and Silent Auction on April 13, 2019, at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. Curry, a former NBC News anchor and international correspondent, has reported on conflicts and humanitarian disasters all over the world. She has conducted a long list of exclusi...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNOUNCES THEME FOR 2019 GALA DINNER

    2018年12月20日

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum will hold its annual Gala Dinner and Silent Auction on April 13, 2019, at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. The evening’s theme will be Vision and Commitment: Our Journey of Renewal. It will pay tribute to the museum’s charter members—the first individuals and families to see and believe in the importance of the museum and its enduring role in our democra...