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  • J. T. Sata Exhibition: Curator Tour with Dennis Reed and Virginia Heckert

    Jul 20, 2024

    Join exhibition curator Dennis Reed and special guest, J. Paul Getty Museum curator Virginia Heckert, for a walkthrough of JANM’s exhibition, J. T. Sata: Immigrant Modernist. The exhibition comprises sixty photographs by J. T. Sata, photographs of Sata’s concentration camp paintings and drawings, and family artifacts from camp. Reed will talk about Sata’s photography and legacy as well as the process of curating the ...

  • Discover Nikkei’s Nima Voices: Episode 16—Stan Kirk

    Jun 25, 2024

    Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories.Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief and enlightening interviews. In the sixtee...

  • 2021 Oshogatsu Virtual Family Festival—Year of the Ox

    Jan 03, 2021 - Jan 08, 2021

    FREE! Join JANM for a week of virtual, kid-friendly activities to celebrate Oshogatsu (New Year’s Day)! From interactive, offline festivities for all ages to multi-lingual story times and play performances, welcome the Year of the Ox with JANM! Celebrate with us on social media Use our special Oshogatsu Instagram filters (search “JANM Oshogatsu”) and tag us with your results or use the hashtag #JANMOsho...

  • 2016 Natsumatsuri Family Festival

    Aug 13, 2016

    FREE ALL DAY! Join us for our annual summer celebration featuring Japanese and Japanese American performances, crafts, and activities. Musical performances by LA Matsuri Taiko, Common Souls, and Shin Kawasaki Basic taiko drumming and bon odori dance lessons Free samples of saataa andaagii (Okinawan deep-fried pastries) JANM Members Only reserved seating and express lines …and so much more...

  • Community Day of Remembrance

    Feb 16, 2013

    Pay-what-you-can! 2013 Day of Remembrance will mark the 71st Anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066, which led to the unlawful forced removal, and unconstitutional mass incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans. The 2013 Day of Remembrance will explore the theme, "The 25th Anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988: Our Struggle, Our Perseverance, Our Commitment" will celebrate the 25th anniversa...

  • CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS AT THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

    Dec 03, 2012

    The Japanese American National Museum celebrates the holiday season with two back-to-back Saturdays full of family fun. On Saturday, December 8, from 11AM to 4 PM, JANM presents its popular on-going series, Target Free Family Saturdays. Activities for the whole family include creating a fruit leather pouch, a colorful garland, an origami lantern, and a mini snow globe, plus kids of all ages can decorate holiday coo...

  • Community Day of Remembrance

    Feb 18, 2012

    Pay-What-You-Can! 2012 Day of Remembrance will mark the 70th Anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 which led to the unlawful forced removal of thousands of Americans of Japanese ancestry and the unconstitutional mass incarceration of 120,000 individuals in domestic concentration camps. The 2012 Day of Remembrance program will explore the theme, “70 Years After E.O. 9066: Defending Our Civil Liberti...

  • Bringing the Circle Together: Waterbuster

    Jun 19, 2010

    Free Screening of Waterbuster Waterbuster is a documentary chronicling the dislocation and relocation of the Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikara Nation of North Dakota due to a dam that inundated their homeland along the banks of the Missouri River. It is also the personal story of the director’s family, whose life choices were influenced by this powerful reshaping of the landscape. The film examines the events that led up to ...

  • Screening of "The Killing of a Chinese Cookie"

    Dec 10, 2009

    Join us for a special one-night event! Come sample fortune cookie-inspired desserts from the best and brightest of LA-based culinary schools followed by a special free screening of the documentary"The Killing of a Chinese Cookie." 6:30 PM Doors open/tasting 7:30 PM Film begins There will be a Q&A after the screening with writer/director Derek Shimoda. Space is limited on a first-come, first-serve basi...

  • Drawing the Line

    Drawing the Line: Japanese American Art, Design & Activism in Post-War Los Angeles was a survey of the dynamic and diverse Japanese American contributions to the visual landscape of L.A. in the period following World War II. Works of art and historic documents—together with texts, images, and video clips from extensive oral histories—illustrated the delicate line that exists between form and function. Mike Ka...