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  • Members Appreciation Day!

    Nov 29, 2009

    Members Appreciation Day is in its 7th year! It's one of two times of year when several of the Southland's cultural institutions reward their members with free admission and 20%* discount at each institution's gift store. And if you are a JANM member your membership card will get you these member privileges at a host of partnering museums, libraries, and other cultural sites. Make sure you have a current membership ...

  • Craft Class with Ruthie Kitagawa: Holiday Cards

    Nov 28, 2009

    Create unique and fun holiday cards. $9 members; $14 non-members, includes admission and supplies. RSVP is required. Maximum 12 people.

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Nov 28, 2009

    Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with National Museum docents. $9 Members; $14 non-members, includes Museum admission. Comfortable walking shoes and clothes recommended. Weather permitting.

  • Members Appreciation Day!

    Nov 28, 2009

    Members Appreciation Day is in its 7th year! It's one of two times of year when several of the Southland's cultural institutions reward their members with free admission and 20%* discount at each institution's gift store. And if you are a JANM member your membership card will get you these member privileges at a host of partnering museums, libraries, and other cultural sites. Make sure you have a current membership ...

  • " Japanese American Resettlement through the Lens: Hikaru Iwasaki and the WRA's Photographic Section, 1943-1945"

    Nov 21, 2009

    In Japanese American Resettlement through the Lens, Lane Ryo Hirabayashi gathers a unique collection of photographs by War Relocation Authority photographer Hikaru Iwasaki, the only full-time WRA photographer from the period still living. This book explores the WRA's use of photography in its mission to encourage "loyal" Japanese Americans to return to society before the end of the war, and also to convince Euro-Amer...

  • Bringing the Circle Together: Trespassing

    Nov 19, 2009

    Free Screening of Trespassing This compelling documentary shows the risks indigenous people and other environmentalists take to protect sacred Native American lands, the air, and the water from desecration by nuclear waste. It examines the deadly controversy around land rights, uranium mining, nuclear testing, and the disposal of nuclear waste in the Four Corners area, Nevada's Yucca Mountain, and California's Moj...

  • "Up for Grabs"

    Nov 15, 2009

    This bitingly funny documentary tells the true tale of absurdity that surrounded the million-dollar baseball from Barry Bonds' record-setting 73rd home run. Did you know the guy who ended up with the ball was Japanese American? The filmmakers will join us for a Q&A after the screening. Up for Grabs (Best Documentary - Audience Award, Los Angeles Film Festival)

  • Unique Flowers: Roses with Elizabeth Asawa

    Nov 15, 2009

    Learn how to recycle six pack plastic rings into a beautiful rose. Limited to 15 participants, ages 12 and up. Advance reservations required. $9 members; $14 non-members, includes admission and supplies.

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Merry Melodies!

    Nov 14, 2009

    FREE ALL DAY! Delight in a day of family fun at the National Museum. November’s theme is music. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. All Day Craft Activities: Make some jolly jingles by creating your own colorful and fun tambourine. Shake Shake! Time to be creative and design your own mara...

  • Japanese American National Museum To Feature Paintings By Henry Sugimoto In First Retrospective Exhibition

    Mar 24, 2001

    The first retrospective exhibition of paintings by Henry Sugimoto (1900-1990) will open on March 24, 2001 at the Japanese American National Museum in the heart of the Little Tokyo Historic District in Los Angeles. Henry Sugimoto: Painting an American Experience is a survey of Sugimoto’s paintings as well as an examination of the Japanese American experience as seen through the work of an artist whose life and art w...