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  • Children’s Courtyard Breakfast

    Aug 18, 2018

    This year’s Children’s Courtyard donors and honorees are invited to a special pre-Natsumatsuri appreciation breakfast. Invitations will be mailed in July. Visit janmstore.com/courtyard to learn more about the Children’s Courtyard.

  • ANN BURROUGHS ELECTED CHAIR OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S GLOBAL COUNCIL

    Aug 15, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—Ann Burroughs, President and CEO of the Japanese American National Museum, has been named Chair of Amnesty International’s Global Council, the organization’s highest decision-making body that brings together human rights leaders from over 70 countries. “Ann has been a transformative leader of the Japanese American National Museum since joining us 2016. She has long been involved with Amnesty Intern...

  • Celebrating Japanese American Redress: A Promise for the Future

    Aug 10, 2018

    If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. PAY WHAT YOU WISH In honor of the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, join us for an afternoon of reunion, reconnection, and reaffirmation of our commitment to democracy and justice. JANM President and CEO Ann Burroughs, GFBNEC President and CEO Dr. Mitchell T. Maki, and Ka...

  • Special Activity: Pledge Your Commitment to Equal Justice!

    Aug 10, 2018 - Aug 12, 2018

    Friday–Sunday, August 10–12 Admission on Friday, August 10: Pay What You Wish On the 30th anniversary weekend of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, publicly proclaim your commitment to democracy and equal justice by adding your name to our Commitment Banner! All JANM visitors may do so during regular museum hours, and guests are encouraged to take and share photos with the banner.

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour in Japanese

    Aug 05, 2018

    日系移民と日系アメリカ人の歴史を紹介する常設展「コモン・グラウンド」を日本語でご案内します。 ツアーは無料（入館料のみ）、予約不要です。

  • Reaffirmed Commitment: A Conversation with Norman Y. Mineta

    Aug 04, 2018

    If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. PAY WHAT YOU WISH On August 10, 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, landmark legislation through which the US government issued an apology and provided monetary compensation to Japanese Americans who had survived America’s concentration camps during World War II. JANM wi...

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Aug 04, 2018

    PAY WHAT YOU WISH Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. In honor of the 30th anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, the landmark legislation that brought incarceration camp survivors an apology from the US government and monetary reparations, the last section of Common Ground is being reimagined to further emphasize the historic a...

  • Two-Day Workshop: "Shibori" On! Continuing Explorations in "Shibori" and Indigo

    Aug 04, 2018 - Aug 05, 2018

    SOLD OUT Saturday–Sunday, August 4–5 11 a.m.–4 p.m. (both days) In this two-day workshop, participants will continue working with indigo and shibori dyeing using a broad selection of beautiful vintage and one-of-a-kind fabrics. Shibori techniques of itajime, arashi, nui, and more will be practiced with both new and continuing students. Bring scissors and a seam ripper. $72 members, $90 non-membe...

  • Memorial for Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings

    Aug 04, 2018 - Aug 09, 2018

    Saturday–Thursday, August 4–9 Admission on Saturday, August 4: Pay What You Wish In commemoration of the World War II atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which occurred on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, we will feature Yoko Ono’s Imagine Peace Wish Tree. Participants can write down their personal wishes for peace on a piece of paper that they tie to the tree. At the end of the commemoration, the ...

  • Contested Histories at the Las Vegas Buddhist Sanga Obon Bon Odori and Bazaar Festival (Las Vegas, NV)

    Aug 04, 2018

    TRAVELING DISPLAY Las Vegas Buddhist Sanga Obon Bon Odori and Bazaar Festival Las Vegas, NV 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongfully incarcerated in the World War II American concentration camps. It was one of the f...