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  • Screenings—Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story

    Jun 25, 2022

    FREE No RSVPs needed, seating will begin 15 minutes before each screening. Screening 1: 12:30 - 1:30 pm Screening 2: 2 - 3pm Screening 3: 3:30 - 4:30pm Join us in honoring Secretary Mineta’s life as told in the documentary, Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story. Special thanks to the Mineta Legacy Project for sponsoring these screenings.

  • Delicious Little Tokyo 2022 Food History Tour

    Jun 25, 2022 - Jun 26, 2022

    $36 per person Saturday, June 25 SOLD OUT 11 am–2 pm SOLD OUT11 am–12 pm SOLD OUT1 pm–2 pm Sunday, June 26 SOLD OUT 2 pm–3 pm Take a stroll back in time to learn about Little Tokyo’s rich food history! Join us for an educational walking and tasting tour led by Bill Watanabe and Mike Okamura of the Little Tokyo Historical Society highlighting some of Little Tokyo’s longest standing small ...

  • Norman Y. Mineta Celebration of Life

    Jun 25, 2022

    FREE The Japanese American National Museum invites you to celebrate the extraordinary life of Norman Y. Mineta, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, on Saturday, June 25 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. PDT. JANM valued Secretary Mineta for his leadership and the wealth of contributions he made to the advancement of equality, justice, and liberty for all. Join us as we honor his exceptional life and legacy and his deep...

  • Are the Arts Essential?

    Jun 23, 2022

    FREE In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Are the Arts Essential?, edited by Alberta Arthurs and Michael DiNiscia, provides a timely and kaleidoscopic reflection on the importance of the arts in our society. Join contributors Steven Tepper (Dean of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, ASU), Zeyba Rahman (Senior Program Officer, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art), and Jay Wang (Director, USC Cen...

  • JANM Statement on Rejection of World War II Japanese American Incarceration Historical Fiction Novel by Wisconsin School District

    Jun 23, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is gravely concerned by the Muskego-Norway school board’s rejection of When the Emperor Was Divine for use in a tenth grade accelerated English class. The school board’s Curriculum Planning Committee selected Julie Otsuka’s historical fiction novel, When the Emperor Was Divine as part of the district’s annual recommendations for new textbooks and instr...

  • JANM Statement on the Passage of the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture Act into Law

    Jun 15, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) celebrates the Passage of the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture Act (H.R. 3525) into law by President Biden on Monday, June 13, 2022. Led by U.S. Representative Grace Meng alongside U.S. Representative Judy Chu, U.S. Representative Mark Takano, many other co-sponsors, and members ...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Hosts Celebration of Life for Board of Trustees Chair Norman Y. Mineta

    Jun 08, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host a celebration of life for Norman Y. Mineta, the chair of the board of trustees at JANM, on Saturday, June 25 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. PDT. Secretary Mineta passed away on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at his home in Edgewater, Maryland. JANM valued Secretary Mineta for his leadership and the wealth of contributions he made to the advancement of equa...

  • Author Discussion—Beyond the Betrayal with Arthur Hansen & Lawson Inada

    Jun 04, 2022

    Free* In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Beyond the Betrayal: the Memoir of a WWII Japanese American Draft Resister of Conscience by Yoshito Kuromiya (1923–2018) is the only book-length memoir written by a World War II Japanese American draft resister of conscience,Yoshito Kuromiya. Join editor Arthur A. Hansen, a leading scholar of Japanese American history, and Lawson Fusao Inada, renowned poet, in con...

  • Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Arthur Hansen

    Jun 04, 2022

    FREE for members In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Join for an exclusive conversation for JANM members with renowned author and historian, Arthur A. Hansen. This program is FREE for all members, but RSVPs are required in advance at the link below, by email to memberevents@janm.org, or phone at 213.830.5646. Space is limited so RSVP today! Not a current member? Join or renew today! Join us for the book d...

  • TRANSCENDIENTS: Heroes at Borders A Contemporary Art Exhibit by Taiji Terasaki

    Jan 21, 2020

    Los Angeles, CA–Celebrated multi-media artist Taiji Terasaki is hard at work on his next exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), in remembrance of the 78th anniversary of Japanese American concentration camps in World War II. On February 19,1942 President Roosevelt signed an executive order that authorized the unconstitutional incarceration of American citizens and residents. TRANSCENDIENTS: Heroe...