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  • For Every Generation: Recovering and Sharing Family Histories

    Aug 13, 2022

    FREE In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Exhibitions like Sutra and Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarceration are made possible by the dedicated efforts of family and community members who have preserved and researched their family’s histories and the objects, images, and documents that tell these stories. Join us as we learn from Dr. Gail Y. Okawa, Mitch Homma, Elizabeth Nishiura, ...

  • 2022 Natsumatsuri Family Festival

    Aug 13, 2022

    FREE Join us for the in-person return of the Natsumatsuri Family Festival, our annual summer celebration featuring free cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages! Plus, free admission all day to see all of our exhibitions: Be Here / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration, Sutra & Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarceration, The Interac...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Launches a New Digital Guide on Bloomberg Connects

    Aug 11, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – August 11, 2022 – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is proud to announce the launch of the Museum’s new digital guide on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and cultural mobile app created by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Museum’s digital guide features visitor information, current exhibitions, upcoming events and public programs, educational resources, membership opportunities, media a...

  • Sansei Rocker Symposium

    Jul 30, 2022

    FREE In Person Waitlist Virtual RSVP Join a panel of “Sansei rockers” as they discuss Harry Manaka’s book, Chronicles of a Sansei Rocker, which explores the dynamic Japanese American music and dance scene of the ’60s and ’70s. Tina Fujino, Gerald Ishibashi, David Honjio, and Harry Manaka will reunite in a conversation about community, history, and rock music, moderated by actress Brittany Ish...

  • JANM 30th Anniversary Digital Film Festival—Barbara Kawakami: A Textured Life

    Jul 29, 2022

    FREE The 2010 JANM exhibition, Textured Lives: Japanese Immigrant Clothing from the Plantations of Hawai`i, was born from a gift by Barbara Kawakami to JANM’s permanent collection of beautiful plantation-era clothing. Kawakami started her formal studies of these textiles and clothing at the age of 53. Now at 100, she is still a noted author, historian, and storyteller who has dedicated much of her life to ...

  • Author Discussion—Invisible Vision with Roy Wesley

    Jul 16, 2022

    In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Join Roy Wesley for a conversation around Invisible Vision, which tells the story of his father, Dr. Newton K. Wesley, who was an American contact lens pioneer. He will be in conversation around Dr. Newton K. Wesley’s impact on Roy’s own life as well as the field of optometry. This program is supported by the Asian American Optometric Society. We are thankful ...

  • Screening and Q&A—Who Killed Vincent Chin?

    Jul 14, 2022

    FREE Join us for a special anniversary screening of the groundbreaking 1988 Academy Award®-nominated documentary and POV legacy title, Who Killed Vincent Chin? The film relentlessly probes the 1982 murder of Chinese American Vincent Chin while chronicling Helen Zia and a generation of Asian American activists who came together to demand justice. A panel discussion about the implications of Chin’s murder on current...

  • Nima Voices: Episode 9—Greg Robinson

    Jul 12, 2022

    Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief, but enlightening, interviews. In the ninth episode, Greg Robinson, a noted author and scholar of Japanese American and Japanese Canadian history, will be interviewed by guest host Lisa Doi, a curatorial assistant at the Japanese American National Museum and a PhD Student in American Studies at Indiana University. Greg has been contribut...

  • JANM PRESENTS TRANCENDIENTS COMMUNITY CELEBRATION: CHALLENGING BORDERS

    Feb 14, 2020

    Los Angeles, CA–The Transcendients Community Celebration: Challenging Borders, a free one-day event, kicks off on Saturday, March 7 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Japanese American National Museum. The community celebration offers music, dance, art, speaker series, and hands-on activities along with artist Taiji Terasaki’s groundbreaking collaboration with the Japanese American National Museum, Transcendients: Her...

  • 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...