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  • Origami with Ruthie Kitagawa: Holiday Wreaths and Cards

    Dec 01, 2018

    Get ready for the holidays and learn from JANM’s resident origami expert Ruthie Kitagawa how to make a holiday-themed origami card and a wreath. Space is limited to 15 participants. Advance purchase of a ticket is required. $12 non-members, free for JANM members. Museum admission included. This workshop is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affair...

  • Origami with Ruthie Kitagawa: Floral Cards

    Sep 29, 2018

    Learn from JANM’s resident origami expert Ruthie Kitagawa how to make a card adorned with cheerful origami flowers. Space is limited to 15 participants. Advance purchase of a ticket is required. $12 non-members, free for JANM members. Museum admission included. This workshop is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs. In the Nancy K. A...

  • ZOCALO—Can U.S. Democracy Survive Russian Information Warfare?

    Sep 14, 2018

    A Zócalo/Japanese American National Museum Event at JANM’s National Center for the Preservation of Democracy Moderated by Warren Olney, Host, KCRW’s "To the Point" American intelligence services have unanimously concluded that the Russian government intervened in the 2016 US elections, and seeks to meddle again this fall. One of Russia’s methods was to use social media to distribute disinformation. ...

  • Memorial for Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings

    Aug 04, 2018 - Aug 09, 2018

    Saturday–Thursday, August 4–9 Admission on Saturday, August 4: Pay What You Wish In commemoration of the World War II atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which occurred on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, we will feature Yoko Ono’s Imagine Peace Wish Tree. Participants can write down their personal wishes for peace on a piece of paper that they tie to the tree. At the end of the commemoration, the ...

  • Speak Out for Justice: Screening, Panel Discussions, and Audience Q&A

    Dec 02, 2017

    FREE In 1981, the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) heard the testimonies of Japanese Americans across the country who spoke out for the first time about their incarceration during World War II. Recognizing the historic nature of these hearings, Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress (NCRR, then known as the National Coalition for Redress/ Reparations) and Visual Communications ...

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

    May 11, 2017

    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...

  • JANM STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP’S MUSLIM REGISTRY STANCE

    Dec 22, 2016

    The Japanese American National Museum is dismayed by the latest remarks of President elect-Donald Trump that indicate he favors the creation of a registry for Muslim Americans. The targeting of any group, whether based on race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other single factor cannot be tolerated. "Perhaps never before has the museum’s mission to promote understanding and appreciation of Amer...

  • JANM ANNOUNCES TWO NEW EXHIBITIONS TO OPEN IN JULY

    Jun 02, 2015

    The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will open two new exhibitions in July—one showcasing the photographs of a Japanese American World War II veteran and the other an exploration of Okinawan and Hawaiian identity through paintings and photographs. Both will be included with general admission to the museum and will be on view through September 6, 2015. Opening to the public on July 14, Before They Were ...

  • Hello Kitty Panel Discussion

    Feb 22, 2015

    This panel will take a critical look at Hello Kitty and examine her phenomenon from various perspectives. Moderated by Hello! curator Christine Yano, with Laura Miller, Jaime Scholnick, and Denise Uyehara.Yano will be signing books following the program. Free for members; free with Hello! admission; $5 general. If you are purchasing tickets for Hello! and would like to attend this program, please RSVP to rs...

  • 'THE PINK DRESS' PUPPET PERFORMANCE SET FOR NATIONAL MUSEUM DEC. 6

    Nov 21, 2008

    "The Pink Dress", a puppet-theatre performance done in a Japanese Bunraku style and based on a story of a Japanese American teenage girl’s experiences in the World War II domestic concentration camp at Amache, Colorado, will return to the Japanese American National Museum for a single performance on Saturday, Dec. 6, beginning at 2 p.m. The show is being produced by Triumvirate Pi Theatre (Tri-Pi Theatre). Last pr...