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  • Transcending: The Wat Misaka Story

    Feb 15, 2009

    This exciting documentary features the first Asian American pro basketball player, Wat Misaka. This film will be shown at the Aratani/Japan America Theater. To make reservations or for more information contact: Aratani/Japan America Theatre Box Office 213 680-3700. Tickets are $10 General Admission, $8 Seniors/Students, $7 JACCC & JANM Members. Presented in collaboration with the Japanese American Community Cul...

  • Craft Class with Ruthie Kitagawa: Girl’s Day Cards

    Feb 15, 2009

    Create fun Girl’s Day and recycled security envelope flowered cards for your friends and family. $8 for National Museum members; $13 for non-members, includes Museum admission and supplies.

  • A Conversation with Brian Y. Sato

    Feb 14, 2009

    Come hear photographer Brian Y. Sato talk about his newest exhibition Gokurosama: Contemporary Photos of the Nisei in Hawaii. Reception to follow. FREE all day!

  • Private Member’s Exhibition Tour: Gokurosama

    Feb 14, 2009

    A special private member's only tour of the new exhibition Gokurosama: Contemporary Photos of the Nisei in Hawaii. By invitation only.

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Be Animated!

    Feb 14, 2009

    FREE ALL DAY! Enjoy a day of family fun with anime and comic book activities and workshops. Keeping checking back for program schedule! 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: Put your drawings in motion by creating your own flipbook. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s YO...

  • Gokurosama

    Feb 14, 2009 - May 24, 2009

    Gokurōsama: Contemporary Photographs of the Nisei in Hawai‘i is an exhibition of 35 black & white portraits by Honolulu photographer Brian Y. Sato. The term gokurōsama, which is used to express appreciation of someone’s hard work and sacrifice, embodies the spirit and cultural heritage of these second-generation (Nisei) Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i. Starting in 2002, Sato photographed more than 70 Nisei from O‘ahu a...

  • Kogi Taco Truck

    Feb 12, 2009

    Check out the Kogi Korean Taco Truck will be in front of the National Museum this Thursday. If you've never had Korean style tacos, this is an opportunity you shouldn't miss! For more information, go to:

  • Fighting For Democracy at The National WWII Museum (New Orleans, LA )

    Feb 09, 2009 - May 17, 2009

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Through the diverse perspectives of seven ordinary citizens whose lives and communities were forever changed by World War II, this exhibition asks visitors to think critically about freedom, history, and, ultimately, the ongoing struggle to live democratically in a diverse America. Fighting For Democracy: Who is the “We” in “We, the People”? is presented by the National Center for the Prese...

  • Mei Ling in China City by Icy Smith

    Feb 07, 2009

    Through her new children’s book, Mei Ling in China City—a true story of friendship between a Chinese American girl in China City and a Japanese American girl in a concentration camp—author Icy Smith (Sui Bing Tang) will present the history of the Los Angeles’s early Chinatowns, and the Chinese and Japanese American experiences during World War II. For sale through the Museum Store.

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Feb 07, 2009 - Feb 04, 2009

    Tour our ongoing exhibition Common Ground: Heart of a Community with our experienced and knowledgeable docents.