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  • Two-Day Shibori On! Workshop

    Nov 18, 2017 - Nov 19, 2017

    SOLD OUT Saturday–Sunday, November 18–19 11 a.m.–4 p.m. (both days) Continue practicing itajime, arashi

  • Staged Reading: "Internment" by Phinneas Kiyomura

    Feb 08, 2015

    Actor and screenwriter Phinneas Kiyomura will oversee a reading of his TV pilot script, Internment, which tells the story of an estranged Japanese American family who are forcibly reunited when all are sent to an incarceration camp in Central California during World War II. The script attempts to explore the complicated dynamics that erupt within families and countries during times of crisis. Directed by Chris...

  • Learning at Lunch

    May 02, 2014

    All Members are invited to bring a brown bag lunch and an open mind as Collections Manager, Margaret Zachow Wetherbee, will show a selection of the National Museum's bird pin collection, part of the American's Concentration Camp experience, to showcase their interesting stories. RSVP to memberevents@janm.org or call 213.830.5657.

  • Japanese Tea Ceremony Demonstration

    Sep 28, 2013

    This event is FREE! The Japanese tea ceremony is called chanoyu or sado in Japanese. It is a choreographed ritual of preparing and serving Japanese green tea (called matcha) together with traditional Japanese sweets to balance with the bitter taste of the tea.

  • "Mountains That Take Wing – Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama "Co-directed by C.A. Griffith & H.L.T. Quan

    Feb 04, 2012

    Mountains That Take Wing – Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama is an award-winning, inspiring, historically rich and unique documentary featuring conversations that span thirteen years between two formidable women who share a profound passion for justice. Through conversations that are intimate and profound, we learn about Davis, an internationally renowned scholar-activist and 88-year-old Kochiyama, a revered grassroots ...

  • 12TH SUMMER FESTIVAL ON THE COURTYARD SET FOR AUGUST 14

    Aug 06, 2010

    As part of its celebration of its 25th Anniversary since its incorporation, the Japanese American National Museum is organizing its 12th Annual Summer Festival on the Courtyard under the theme, "Happy Birthday", on Saturday, August 14, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on its campus in Little Tokyo. Activities available throughout the day include arts and crafts and workshops geared for the entire family. Participants can le...

  • 1st & Central Summer Concerts: Chicha Libre and Etran Finatawa

    Sep 25, 2008

    1st & Central 2008 closes with a global dance party featuring the West Coast debut of Brooklyn-based Chicha Libre and the desert sounds of Niger’s Etran Finatawa. Don’t leave home without your dancing shoes as Latin rhythms, surf music, and psychedelic pop inspired by Peruvian music from the Amazon share the stage with driving guitar riffs that will transport you deep into the heart of the Sahara.

  • GIANT ROBOT BIENNALE ART EXHIBITION KICKS OFF NEW JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM SERIES NOV. 3

    Oct 12, 2007

    The Japanese American National Museum will begin a new series of collaborative exhibitions entitled Salon Pop by presenting Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues, developed in collaboration with Eric Nakamura of Giant Robot and running from November 3, 2007 through January 13, 2008. The exhibition is being sponsored by the Imprint Culture Labtm, with additional support by the James Irvine Foundation and Scion. An opening r...

  • 2ND SUNDAY FOR FAMILIES

    Dec 09, 2001

    Flavors from Home: Multicultural Holiday Foods and Recipes Enrich your holidays with culinary traditions that originated in other lands. Celebrate the rich diversity of the holidays through the foods that are passed from one generation to another here in the United States. Join us as we savor and learn about traditional holiday foods from around the world. Toshi Koshi Soba - For hundred of years, the Japane...

  • Exhibition-Related Discussion for "The Heart Mountain Story" at the Japanese American National Museum April 17

    Apr 17, 1999

    A very special roundtable discussion for the exhibition The Heart Mountain Story, moderated by curator Mamoru Inouye and including panelists Bill Hosokawa, Mike Mackey, and Grace Schaub, will be held at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, April 17 at 1 p.m. During World War II, over 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry were incarcerated without due process and placed in concentration camps around t...