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  • Day of Remembrance

    Feb 15, 2003

    Day of Remembrance (DOR), the community's annual commemoration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's signing of Executive Order 9066 and the World War II exclusion and incarceration of Japanese Americans and Japanese Latin Americans. The 2003 DOR marks the 61st anniversary of the signing of the Executive Order. The National Museum, Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress (NCRR), the Pacific Southwest District JACL, and lo...

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Feb 15, 2003

    The Little Tokyo community in Los Angeles was once a thriving residential, business, and cultural center of the largest Japanese American community in the United States until World War II. Relive history and learn about present day Little Tokyo with Museum Volunteers, Bill Shishima, Eddy Kurushima, and Hitoshi Sameshima on this historical walking tour through the Museum's neighborhood. Comfortable clothes and shoes a...

  • Craft Class with Ryoko Shibata: Yarn Crafts

    Feb 08, 2003

    Class fees are $5 for National Museum members and $11 for non-members, includes Museum admission and supplies.

  • Crafting History: Arts and Crafts from America's Concentration Camps Exhibition

    Jan 26, 2003

    Join us for a special exhibition tour of Crafting History: Arts and Crafts from America's Concentration Camps with curator Kristine Kim. Following the tour, artist Flora Ito will teach participants how to make bird pins out of alternative materials. Appropriate for children ages 10 and up. Fees are $5 for National Museum members and $11 for non-members, includes Museum admission and supplies.

  • Members' Reception and International Nikkei Research Project Book Signing in Hon

    Jan 25, 2003

    Join the National Museum's Hawai'i Advisory Council for a 10th Anniversary Members' Reception in Honolulu, Hawai'i. The reception will also feature an update on the international travel and "homecoming" of the exhibition From Bento to Mixed Plate: Americans of Japanese Ancestry in Multicultural Hawai'i, plans for Bento reunion activities on Maui in February 2004 when the exhibition ends its run at the Maui Arts & Cul...

  • Craft Class with Ryoko Shibata: Paper Crafts

    Jan 25, 2003

    Class fees are $5 for National Museum members and $11 for non-members, includes Museum admission and supplies.

  • To All Relations: Memories of Boyle Heights

    Jan 25, 2003 - Feb 02, 2003

    From swing to hip-hop, from tamales to knishes, from Dia de los Muertos to Obon, Boyle Heights is one of the most significant neighborhoods in the history of Los Angeles. Join Great Leap for performances that celebrate the history and diversity of this unique place. Created during the To All Relations: Memories of Boyle Heights residency project, the performances will use storytelling, theater, music, song, and da...

  • Taiko Jam Session with Hydaiko Taiko

    Jan 19, 2003

    Participants will have an opportunity to play taiko and learn about the origins and traditions of the big drum.

  • Little Tokyo: Spiritual Doors to the World

    Jan 18, 2003

    The National Museum and the Azusa Street Memorial Committee invite you to a panel discussion on the origins of the Pentecostal church, the nature of the local community when the movement started in 1906, and how the church grew and impacted the neighborhood, the city, and eventually, the entire world. A distinguished and internationally known panel of writers and theologians will address the theme: Dr. Mel Robeck,...

  • Craft Class with Ryoko Shibata: Shell Collage Greeting Cards

    Jan 11, 2003

    Class fees are $5 for National Museum members and $11 for non-members, includes Museum admission and supplies.