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  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Dec 02, 2017

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

  • Museums Free-For-All

    Oct 05, 2008

    ADMISSION: Free In a joint effort to welcome diverse communities across Southern California, the Museum Marketing Roundtable announces the fourth annual "Museums Free-For-All" during the weekend of Saturday, October 4, and Sunday, October 5, 2008. The twenty-four institutions listed below—exploring art, cultural heritage, natural history and science—will offer free admission to all visitors on one or both dates....

  • A Tribute to Akio Morita by the Asia America Youth Orchestra

    Jul 15, 2007

    Formed by renowned pianist-composer, David Benoit, the mission of the Asia America Youth Orchestra is to provide young musicians with a rigorous training program to develop their talents and prepare them for multi-faceted careers in the arts. The program will reflect Mr. Morita's visionary legacy of promoting U.S.-Japan relations through innovation, exchange, and respect. $8 National Museum Members; $13 non-members. ...

  • Doll and Tea Party

    Mar 19, 2005

    Join us for tea and dessert and meet some of the dolls in the National Museum's collection. Bring your own doll or action figure for a morning of storytelling.

  • "9066 to 9/11"

    Jul 22, 2004

    The filmmakers of and selected subjects from the film discuss the making of this timely project. Please refer to the July 8 calendar listing for more information.

  • Cold Tofu Improv

    Aug 17, 2000

    Join the Museum for an evening of laughs featuring the multi-cultural and enormously entertaining Cold Tofu for a night of improv.

  • MORE THAN 70 NIKKEI 3-GENERATION FAMILY BUSINESSES TO BE RECOGNIZED BY JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM AT ANNUAL DINNER SET FOR CENTURY PLAZA HOTEL MARCH 29

    Mar 01, 2000

    LOS ANGELES—The Japanese American National Museum will hold its 2003 Gala Dinner with the theme, “Honoring the Family Business: Building the American Dream,” on Saturday, March 29, at the Century Plaza Hotel, with 71 Nikkei three-generation family businesses representing seven different states set for recognition. Family businesses have proven to be the backbone of Japanese American communities throughout the Unit...

  • Conversations with the "Finding Family Stories" Artists

    Mar 05, 1998

    How does an artist make a private story the subject for public viewing? How does one engage an audience while maintaining the integrity of personal experiences? Find out the answers to these questions and more on Friday, March 13, 1998 at 7 p.m. in a free discussion with the artists of the Finding Family Stories exhibit at Self-Help Graphics, located at 3802 Cesar Chavez Avenue in Los Angeles. For more information, p...

  • Ansel Adams at Manzanar—Resources

    Ansel Adams at Manzanar, organized by the Honolulu Academy of Arts, includes over fifty vintage prints from the collections of the Library of Congress, the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, and the Japanese American National Museum. Browse this exhibition’s resources including information on the Manzanar National Historic Site; the Manzanar Committee; photographers T...

  • Stanley Hayami Diary

    (95.226) Stanley Hayami (1925-1945) was a student from Los Angeles who attended high school at the Heart Mountain Concentration Camp in Wyoming. Hayami left Heart Mountain in June 1944 to join the U.S. Army and was killed in combat in Northern Italy on April 23, 1945, while trying to help a fellow soldier. He was nineteen years old. This diary, which Hayami kept from 1941 to 1944, records a spectrum of youthful dream...