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  • VIRTUAL LIVE TALK: The Japanese Hospital in Los Angeles: Reflections on a Hospital for All

    Apr 25, 2020

    FREE In the midst of this current COVID-19 pandemic, we’re learning more about the 1918 Influenza pandemic and its devastation across the globe. We’re also more aware of the impacts on communities of color and the long history of unequal access to health care. Join Kristen Hayashi, PhD, Director of Collections Management & Access and Curator at JANM, for a virtual live talk and Q&A that takes a historical l...

  • ONLINE WORKSHOP: Discover Your Japanese American Roots with Chester Hashizume

    Apr 25, 2020

    SOLD OUT Session 1: Saturday, April 25 Session 2: Saturday, May 2 Session 3: Saturday, May 9 All three sessions are 10 a.m.–11:30 a.m. A comprehensive introductory workshop covering genealogy basics such as identifying your ancestral Japanese hometown, obtaining and utilizing family documents, and determining the meaning behind surnames and family crests—all the tools you need to discover your roots. T...

  • 2020 VIRTUAL Gala and Silent Auction—Our Stories in Action

    Apr 18, 2020

    Due to the rapidly unfolding COVID-19 situation, we have made the decision to turn our 2020 Gala Dinner and Auction into a virtual gala. We are planning an online program, auction, and Bid for Education, and invite you and your family and friends to join us online on April 18, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. (PDT). Visit janm.org/gala2020 for more information.

  • 2020 Virtual Gala and Auction

  • ONLINE tea & letter writing: to our elders

    Apr 15, 2020

    FREE Connect with others during this time of “social isolation” and write a letter to an elder in your life. Gather with us in the comfort of your own home to share tea and conversation and write letters—with plenty of prompts provided by traci kato-kiriyama, former Little Tokyo +LAB Artist-in-Residence at JANM. Seniors are highly vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus and so many find themselves isolated in this tim...

  • Contested Histories Talk with Clement Hanami

    Apr 11, 2020

    Learn about the origins and creation of Contested Histories: Art and Artifacts from the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection, from curator Clement Hanami, in this program and Q&A that was livestreamed on JANM’s YouTube channel. Read about Jack Muro and view his photographs.

  • STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF IRENE YASUTAKE HIRANO INOUYE

    Apr 08, 2020

    Los Angeles, CA – As Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Japanese American National Museum, I wanted to express our deepest sympathies and heartfelt condolences to the family of Irene Yasutake Hirano Inouye on her passing this week. I was very saddened by the passing of Irene—she was a caring, passionate person with unquestioned integrity. Irene was a giant and an outstanding bridge between and among all co...

  • VIRTUAL TEA & LETTER WRITING: Reflecting on Heroes

    Mar 12, 2020

    UPDATE: We’re moving Tea & Letters to a virtual room! To join, click on the link below. If you have not used Zoom before, you will be prompted to download and open the Zoom desktop app. Once downloaded, you will be taken to the room. CLICK HERE More info, including Zoom etiquette and troubleshooting will be added to the Facebook Event discussion page later today. Please contact publicprograms@janm.org if you...

  • JANM TO OPEN TWO PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS

    Jan 20, 2016

    The Japanese American National Museum will open two new exhibitions on February 28, 2016. Making Waves: Japanese American Photography, 1920–1940 is an in-depth examination of the contributions of Japanese Americans to photography, particularly modernist art photography. Two Views: Photographs by Ansel Adams and Leonard Frank examines the forced incarceration of citizens of Japanese descent who were living in the west...

  • JANM ANNOUNCES HONOREES AND THEME FOR 2016 ANNUAL GALA DINNER

    Jan 11, 2016

    The Japanese American National Museum will hold its annual Gala Dinner, Silent Auction, and After Party on March 19, 2016, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, Los Angeles. The evening’s theme will be Moving Images, Telling Stories and the honorees will be award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns along with Karen L. Ishizuka and Robert A. Nakamura, who, among other notable accomplishments, founded JANM’s Frank H. W...