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  • C3: Conference for Creative Content

    May 04, 2019

    The C3: Conference for Creative Content brings together the foremost media professionals in film, television, cable, digital, and transmedia to create a dialogue on the ever-changing media industry, share best practices, network, and to celebrate and build a collective vision. Presented by Visual Communications, the first non-profit organization in the country dedicated to portrayals of Asian Pacific American...

  • "Above the Fold" Exhibition Tour with Robert Lang

    Jul 16, 2016

    Join physicist and exhibiting artist Robert J. Lang for an intimate gallery tour. Limited to 25 participants. Free with museum admission. Note the museum closes at 5 p.m. and exhibitions will not remain open after the tour. TOUR IS NOW FULL. To be placed on a waitlist, please email rsvp@janm.org. Photo: Robert Lang, Pentasia, 2014. Photo courtesy of the artist.

  • Discovering Your Japanese American Roots

    Apr 11, 2015

    Additional spaces added! In this popular workshop led by genealogy buff Chester Hashizume, participants identify their ancestral Japanese hometowns, uncover the meanings behind family crests and surnames, and more. $44 members, $55 non-members. Supplies and admission to Common Ground: The Heart of Community included. Limited to 20 participants.

  • Preview Reception for "Marvels & Monsters: Unmasking Asian Images in U.S. Comics, 1942-1986"

    Oct 10, 2013

    Join us for a special preview, the “Marvels & Monsters: Unbound” Showcase, and reception to celebrate the opening of the Marvels & Monsters: Unmasking Asian Images in U.S. Comics, 1942-1986 exhibition. Hosted by the JANM Young Professionals Network. To RSVP, contact specialevents@janm.org or 213.625.0414, ext. 2222.

  • Dark History: Santa Anita Park

    Mar 31, 2012

    Not a lot of people know that during World War II, Santa Anita Park housed approximately 20,000 Japanese Americans. Find out more about it from a short video produced by ESPN and some Japanese Americans that were there.

  • Young Professionals Invited to Asian Jewish Initiative Comedy and Cocktails Evening at JANM

    Jun 02, 2011

    Young Professionals are invited to a special evening of “Comedy and Cocktails” and to see the nation’s premier Asian American comedy improvisation group, “Cold Tofu,” on Thursday, June 2, at the Japanese American National Museum. Cocktail reception is 6:30 p.m., followed by the 8 p.m. performance. The evening is sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League Asian Jewish Initiative. Admission is $15, which includes hors ...

  • Taiko For Families

    Oct 01, 2005

    Hear, touch, and play! A hands-on taiko experience for the whole family featuring Hydaiko, a network of taiko drummers from several groups in Southern California.

  • Woodblock Printmaking Workshop

    Apr 03, 2005

    Learn the intricacies behind the process of woodblock printmaking. Fees are $20 for National Museum members and $30 for non-members, includes museum admission.

  • Cold Tofu Improv

    Feb 22, 2001

    Join the National Museum for an evening of laughs with the multi-talented and entertaining improv group Cold Tofu.

  • Hisako Hibi Collection

    (96.601, 98.138, 99.63) Includes sixty-three oil paintings painted by artist Hisako Hibi at Tanforan Assembly Center in California and Topaz concentration camp in Utah from 1942 to 1945. Subjects include various daily activities, still lifes, and landscapes. Born Hisako Shimizu in Fukui, Japan in 1907, Hibi came to the United States in 1920 with her parents. In 1925, when the rest of her family returned to Japan, ...