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  • Film Screening and Discussion—"Resistance at Tule Lake"

    Feb 10, 2018

    If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. This new documentary from director/producer Konrad Aderer tells the long-suppressed story of 12,000 Japanese Americans who dared to resist the US government’s program of mass incarceration during World War II. Giving voice to experiences that have been marginalized for over 70 years, the film challenges the nationalist...

  • 13th Annual Summer Festival on the Courtyard

    Aug 13, 2011

    FREE! Celebrate summer with a day of family fun—crafts, music, and LA’s first tea festival! Fun Crafts & Activities for Families Have your picture taken in a special cutout designed by artist Stan Sakai and decorate a picture frame to go with it! Don’t leave a spot with your teacup! Decorate a coaster! Ruthie’s Origami Corner: Add to the rabbits (& Labbits) appearing around the museum by maki...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Once Upon A Time

    Jul 09, 2011

    FREE ALL DAY! Help us celebrate Year of the Rabbit: Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo with a day of comics, anime, and stories for the whole family. Keep checking back for more information! Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. ALL DAY CRAFT ACTIVITIES: Have your picture taken in a special cutout de...

  • 'TAKING IT TO THE STREETS' THEME FOR TARGET FREE FAMILY SATURDAY EVENT AT NATIONAL MUSEUM JUNE 11

    Jun 08, 2011

    The Japanese American National Museum will hold another free event as part of its popular series, Target Free Family Saturday, with the theme, "Taking It to the Streets", on Saturday, June 11, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the National Museum’s facility in Little Tokyo. The event is free and open to the public. Target Free Family Saturday events include presentations by different performers and experts and hands-on ar...

  • 'WILD THINGS' THEME FOR MUSEUM'S TARGET FREE FAMILY SATURDAY EVENT ON MAY 14

    May 07, 2011

    The Japanese American National Museum continues its popular series, Target Free Family Saturday, with the theme, "Wild Things", for Saturday, May 14, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Museum’s Pavilion in Little Tokyo. The event is free and open to the public. Target Free Family Saturday events include presentations by different performers and experts and hands-on arts and crafts for family members. Generously sponsor...

  • Zen Garage

    Dec 30, 2010 - Feb 13, 2011

    SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTGiant Robot and the Japanese American National Museum continues its Salon Pop series with Zen Garage, a concept display developed in collaboration with Eric Nakamura of Giant Robot.The concept of Zen has been thwarted by popular culture in the form of awkward connotations and new “urban” meanings. Its basic meaning in our new world is essentially a “pure focus.” Likewise, a garage is no longer just ...

  • Fighting For Democracy at Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site (Tuskegee, AL)

    Jul 25, 2009 - Jan 10, 2010

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Tuskegee, Alabama About the Exhibition Through the diverse perspectives of seven ordinary citizens whose lives and communities were forever changed by World War II, this exhibition asks visitors to think critically about freedom, history, and, ultimately, the ongoing struggle to live democratically in a diverse America. Fighting For Democra...

  • Voice Circle Workshop with Yoko Fujimoto

    May 31, 2009

    "There are many ‘hearts’ within each of us, and each one holds a different voice. The day I realized that my voice didn’t have to be high or loud or large was the day I began to sing in my own way, and the beginning of a new path towards personal freedom of expression. The "Voice Circle" is a workshop I designed in order to share this joy with as many people as possible." -Yoko Fujimoto Objectives of workshop: 1...

  • Katia Moraes and Pure Samba

    Jun 23, 2005

    Celebrate the beginning of summer with a performance by one of the most versatile and successful Brazilian artists in Los Angeles. Singer-songwriter, Katia Moraes, and her latest project, Pure Samba, will fill the National Museum with the sound of sambas and marchinhas straight from the heart of Rio.

  • Celebrating the Community Film: the Topaz Footage and "Something Strong Within"

    Apr 03, 1997

    Special Community Event The Hollywood Reporter called the induction of this amateur film footage into the National Film Registry the “biggest surprise of the year.” Selections from the footage taken by amateur filmmaker Dave Tatsuno in Topaz, one of America’s concentration camps, will be screened along with the award-winning documentary Something Strong Within, and other amateur films. A panel discussion and recep...