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  • Contested Histories at National Museum of American History (Washington, DC)

    Feb 19, 2020

    TRAVELING DISPLAY National Museum of American History Washington, DC 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. FREE and open to the public* Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongfully incarcerated in the World War II American concentration camps. It was on...

  • THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM SUPPORTS CALIFORNIA’S PLAN TO FORMALLY APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCARCERATION OF JAPANESE AMERICANS DURING WWII

    Feb 18, 2020

    Los Angeles, CA – The Japanese American National Museum supports the legislation brought forth by Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi for California to officially offer an apology for the state’s role in aiding the US government’s policy and condemning actions that helped fan anti-Japanese discrimination. The exclusion, forced removal, and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II is considered one of the most at...

  • STATEMENT BY SECRETARY NORMAN Y. MINETA, CHAIR, JANM BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGARDING THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE PROGRAM

    Feb 18, 2020

    Los Angeles, CA – At the Day of Remembrance commemoration on Saturday, February 15, JANM made the decision to move a video message by Senator Mazie Hirono online rather than to screen it during the event. We have the utmost respect for Senator Hirono and for her courageous commitment to democracy and civil rights. In recognition of this, JANM conferred upon her our Award of Excellence at our annual dinner in 2018. ...

  • 2020 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance—Democracy in Crisis: 1942 and 2020

    Feb 15, 2020

    PAY WHAT YOU WISH Day of Remembrance commemorates the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. Executive Order 9066 authorized the military to remove and incarcerate persons of Japanese ancestry into American concentration camps. The theme for this year’s Day of Remembrance event is Democracy in Crisis: 1942 and 2020, exploring how democracy has been tested in b...

  • Transcendients Artist Discussion with Taiji Terasaki

    Feb 08, 2020

    Join us to celebrate the launch of the exhibition catalog, Transcendients: Heroes at Borders, Los Angeles, in conjunction with the new exhibition, Transcendients: Heroes at Borders. Art critic and curator, Isabella Ellaheh Hughes, will discuss the process of developing the exhibition with contemporary artist, Taiji Terasaki. A light reception and catalog signing with Terasaki and some of the heroes featured in th...

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

    Feb 08, 2020

    Session 1: Saturday, February 8 Session 2: Saturday, February 15 Session 3: Saturday, February 22 All three sessions are 10 a.m.–11 a.m. A comprehensive workshop covering genealogy basics such as getting started, 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. ...

  • Common Ground Exhibition Tour in Japanese

    Feb 02, 2020

    日系移民と日系アメリカ人の歴史を紹介する常設展「コモン・グラウンド」を日本語でご案内します。 ツアーは無料（入館料のみ）、予約不要です。

  • Film Screening—ALTERNATIVE FACTS: The Lies of Executive Order 9066

    Feb 01, 2020

    ALTERNATIVE FACTS: The Lies of Executive Order 9066 is an award-winning documentary feature film about the false information and political influences which led to the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. The film exposes the lies used to justify the decision and the cover-up that went all the way to the United States Supreme Court. ALTERNATIVE FACTS also examines the parallels to the current climate of f...

  • Opening Day: Transcendients

    Feb 01, 2020

    A contemporary art exhibition by Taiji Terasaki, in collaboration with JANM, Transcendients: Heroes at Borders honors individuals who advocate and fight for those who face discrimination, prejudice, and inequality at borders both real and imagined. Through video projections on mist, photographic weavings, and audience participation, visitors to this multimedia exhibition are invited to learn about, reflect on, and ce...

  • Taiji Terasaki: Transcendients

    Feb 01, 2020 - May 16, 2021

    “Transcendients” combines two words, “transcend” and “transient.” To me the word speaks to those individuals who have honed their inner beings to find a core of strength—a power they use to muster the support and solidarity needed to make a difference. I think of these “Transcendients” as elegant and spiritual examples of the human spirit who will move us forward to the brilliance of humankind.” —Taiji Terasaki ...