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  • Contested Histories Talk with Clement Hanami

    Apr 11, 2020

    Learn about the origins and creation of Contested Histories: Art and Artifacts from the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection, from curator Clement Hanami, in this program and Q&A that was livestreamed on JANM’s YouTube channel. Read about Jack Muro and view his photographs.

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Jun 02, 2018

    Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Included with museum admission.

  • Mixed Remixed Festival

    Jun 10, 2016 - Jun 11, 2016

    Friday–Saturday, June 10–11 FREE Mixed Remixed is an exciting film, book, and performance festival dedicated to celebrating and raising awareness of the mixed-heritage experience. Activities include panels, workshops, readings, and film screenings as well as live music, comedy, and spoken word. Mixed Remixed is timed to coincide with Loving Day (June 12), an annual worldwide commemoration of Loving ...

  • Asians on Film Festival

    Mar 27, 2015 - Mar 29, 2015

    Friday, March 27 – Sunday, March 29 The Asians on Film Festival grew out of the website asiansonfilm.com, dedicated to promoting under-recognized Asians and Asian Americans working in the film industry. JANM is proud to host this annual festival, which showcases nearly one hundred of the best short films submitted to asiansonfilm.com over the past year. Visit asiansonfilm.com for more information an...

  • ID Film Festival: GONE SHOPPING

    Sep 27, 2008

    A new festival dedicated to contemporary digital films that explore and celebrate identity crisis in our diverse Asian/Pacific Islander community. GONE SHOPPING: The Los Angeles premiere of Gone Shopping -- a satirical Singaporean feature film about the unique world of Singaporean shopping malls. Free for Japanese American National Museum members; $5 for non-members for each program. We recommend pu...

  • Enhancing Your Creativity: A Writing Workshop

    Dec 14, 2002

    Have you ever had the desire to write poetry, fiction or memoirs, but don't know where to begin? Then come to the National Museum's writing workshop, where instructor Cecilia Manguerra Brainard will teach participants how to enhance their creativity by learning how to tap into the right-brain. Specific exercises will be given and participants will have the chance to do some writing and sharing. Brainard has been t...

  • Passports to Friendship

    Jul 27, 2002 - Oct 13, 2002

    In 1927, millions of American and Japanese children participated in an exchange program aimed at promoting peace, goodwill and understanding between their two nations. American children sent 12,739 dolls to coincide with the traditional Japanese Girl's Day festival known as Hina Matsuri. Later that year, Japanese children reciprocated by sending 58 dolls to the U.S. in time for Christmas celebrations. Each doll ca...

  • 'Ohana' Day at the Japanese American National Museum

    Mar 25, 1998

    Kids, bring your family and friends for a free, fun-filled day at the Japanese American National Museum! Sunday, April 26, 1998 is Ohana Day (family day) at the Museum, where families can learn origami, try on authentic plantation clothes, and come holoholo (play) with us! You can also tour our latest exhibit on Americans of Japanese ancestry living in multicultural Hawai`i, From Bento to Mixed Plate. The Museum is...

  • Big Drum: Taiko in the United States - Activities

    Percussion-Making Activities for Kids When musicians need to keep a rhythm going, nothing works better than a good percussion instrument. A percussion instrument is any musical instrument that is played by striking, shaking, rubbing, or scraping. Types of percussion instruments include drums, cymbals, rattles, and chimes. Kids, interested in making your own percussion instrument? Try one of these percussion-mak...

  • Kokeshi: From Folk Art to Art Toy - Contemporary

    Marvel at the work of eleven contemporary artists whose works demonstrate some of the ways the iconic image of the kokeshi has been reinterpreted.