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  • Members Only Curator Tour: “Contested Histories”

    Dec 07, 2024

    JANM Members are invited to join exhibition curator Clement Hanami, JANM’s Vice President of Exhibitions and Art Director, for a walkthrough of JANM’s exhibition, Contested Histories: Preserving and Sharing a Community Collection. The exhibition consists of the Eaton Collection, some 400 objects made by Japanese American incarcerees that were saved from the auction block by the incredible efforts of community organiz...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of Bob Moriguchi

    Jul 13, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of Bob Moriguchi. A Charter Member, Mr. Moriguchi regularly volunteered on Wednesdays and Saturdays as a Common Ground and Little Tokyo Walking Tour docent and as a school visits facilitator. He attended many of the Museum’s national conferences, served on the Gala Dinner Committee, and was involved in volunteer fundraising campaigns. A...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of Mary Karasawa

    Jun 28, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is deeply saddened by the passing of Mary Karasawa, a beloved volunteer and school tour docent at the Museum. She and her husband, Richard “Babe” Karasawa, were JANM charter members. Together, they volunteered at least two Fridays each month. Their son, John, joined them in 2017. She and Babe were recipients of the Museum’s Family Spirit Award and receive...

  • Two Day Workshop—Shibori Explorations

    Nov 05, 2022 - Nov 06, 2022

    $76 members, $95 non-members. Plus $40 materials fee due to the instructor at the beginning of class (cash only). Limited to 15 participants. One spot left! Come and join in this indigo and shibori workshop to practice, learn and enjoy all the creativity shibori has to offer! The class will explore a variety of traditional Japanese fabric dyeing techniques, including stitching, clamping, binding, and pole wrapp...

  • Transpacific Borderlands

    Sep 17, 2017 - Feb 25, 2018

    Español | 日本語 | Português Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo will examine the experiences of artists of Japanese ancestry born, raised, or living in either Latin America or predominantly Latin American neighborhoods of Southern California. The exhibition is part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a Getty-led initiative exploring Latin American...

  • PROF. GREG ROBINSON TO DISCUSS LATEST BOOK, 'A TRAGEDY OF DEMOCRACY', ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24

    Oct 03, 2009

    Respected historian and author Greg Robinson will read excerpts from his latest book, A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America, and will discuss what newly discovered materials he found and how it affects his view of history at a public program set for Saturday, October 24, starting at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. While the story of the unconstitutional mass...

  • GOKUROSAMA EXHIBITION FEATURING PORTRAITS OF SECOND GENERATION JAPANESE AMERICANS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 14 OPENING

    Jan 29, 2009

    The Japanese American National Museum will open the traveling exhibition, Gokurōsama: Contemporary Photographs of the Nisei in Hawai‘i, a collection of recent images of Japanese Americans who were born before World War II, on Saturday, February 14, 2009, in its Pavilion in Little Tokyo, and running through May 24, 2009. This exhibition is on loan from the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i. Beginning in 2002...

  • Contested Histories: Art and Artifacts from the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection - Venues

    Contested Histories: Art and Artifacts from the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection originated at the Japanese American National Museum and was on display January 7 – April 8, 2018. The pop-up display is now traveling to other venues. See below for information about confirmed venues and dates. Please check back for updated schedule. Interested in booking this display? JANM is currently looking for locations in the ...

  • In The Future We Call Now: Dreams of Democracy, Realities of Racism

    JANM’s New Core Exhibition—Coming in 2026Explore over a century and a half of Japanese American history in the United States to consider the choices our country has made in the past—and the choices we all make today to build the future we want to pass down.The centerpiece of JANM’s ongoing renovation, In The Future We Call Now: Dreams of Democracy, Realities of Racism will feature never-before exhibited artifacts and...

  • Kaiju vs. Heroes

    Two short films produced for the Kaiju vs Heroes: Mark Nagata’s Journey through the World of Japanese Toys exhibition. In the Clutches of Kaiju A portrait of the artist/toy collector Mark Nagata. Directed by Akira Boch and Evan Kodani 2018 7 minutes Nagata 360: A Collecting Mind We invite you to a virtual reality view of artist Mark Nagata’s studio. Get a glimpse into the habitual details of a...