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Japanese American National Museum
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Museum at First Street
Established 1992
Location Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California
Blazon History and culture of Japanese Americans
Public transit access LAMetroLogo.svg Petty Tokyo/Arts District (Regional Connector) (future)
Website world wide web.janm.org

First domicile of the Japanese American National Museum at Start and Key

The Japanese American National Museum ( 全米日系人博物館 , Zenbei Nikkeijin Hakubutsukan ) is located in Los Angeles, California, and dedicated to preserving the history and civilisation of Japanese Americans. Founded in 1992, it is located in the Little Tokyo expanse almost downtown. The museum is an affiliate within the Smithsonian Affiliations program.[1]

The museum covers more 130 years of Japanese-American history, dating to the first Issei generation of immigrants. Its moving image archive contains over 100,000 feet (30,000 chiliad) of 16 mm and 8 mm domicile movies made by and about Japanese Americans from the 1920s to the 1950s. It also contains artifacts, textiles, art, photographs, and oral histories of Japanese Americans. The Japanese American National Museum of Los Angeles and the Academy Film Archive interact to care for and provide access to home movies that document the Japanese-American experience. Established in 1992, the JANM Collection at the Academy Film Annal currently contains over 250 habitation movies and continues to grow.[2]

History [edit]

Activist Bruce Kaji and other notable Japanese-American individuals conceived of the idea of the museum. The community had become organized around gaining recognition of the injustice they had suffered from the federal government during Globe State of war II.

The museum was conceived every bit a way to preserve the positive aspects of their total history and civilization in the United states of america. When it first opened in 1992, the museum was housed in the 1925 celebrated Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple building. Irene Hirano served every bit its showtime executive director and after as president and CEO of the museum.[3] In January 1999, the National Museum opened its current 85,000-square-foot (7,900 mii) Pavilion, designed under the supervision of builder Gyo Obata, to the public.[4] The temple building was used past government officials in 1942 to process Japanese Americans for wartime confinement. It is now used for offices and storage.[ citation needed ]

In 1993 the museum was given hundreds of artifacts and letters from children in internment camps, which they had sent to San Diego librarian Clara Breed. The fabric was featured in an exhibit, "Dearest Miss Brood": Letters from Military camp. It is now role of the museum's permanent collection.[5]

In 1997, the Frank H. Watase Media Arts Heart was established past Robert A. Nakamura and Karen L. Ishizuka, to develop new ways to document, preserve and make known the experience of Americans of Japanese ancestry. In 1999, the Manabi and Sumi Hirasaki National Resources Middle (HNRC) was established to provide access to the museum'due south information and resource, both at the facility and online. It documents the life and civilization of the Japanese Americans.

Akemi Kikumura Yano, author,[6] was the museum'due south showtime curator. She succeeded Irene Hirano every bit president and CEO from 2008 until 2011. During her tenure, in Dec 2010, the museum was awarded the National Medal for Museum and Library Service.[7]

Rev. Greg Kimura, an Episcopal priest, was appointed the president and CEO of the museum, serving betwixt 2012 and 2016.[8] [9] [ten] During his time the museum experienced an economic downturn every bit he looked to promote untraditional exhibits and let get core staff members. He resigned in May 2016 to pursue other work opportunities.[11]

In 2016, Ann Burroughs was announced to replace him as the new interim CEO[12] and was officially selected shortly thereafter. Burroughs spoke of her role: "I am committed to reinvigorating and finding new ways to advance the museum's fundamental values, emphasizing the importance of being vigilant about republic and stressing the value of diversity in our world today."[13]

Histrion George Takei serves every bit a member of the museum'due south board of trustees. He represented it every bit his charity during his fourth dimension on The Celebrity Amateur and during his advent on The Newlywed Game.[14]

Exhibits [edit]

The museum's on-going exhibition is Common Ground: The Heart of Community, covering 130 years of Japanese American history, from the Issei and early immigration into the U.s., World State of war 2 incarceration, to the present.[15]

Selected previous exhibitions [edit]

  • Miné Okubo's Masterpiece: The Art of Citizen 13660 (August 28, 2021 - February 20, 2022)[16]
  • A Life In Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami (July 9, 2021 - January 9, 2022)[17]
  • Under a Mushroom Cloud: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Atomic Bomb (Nov 9, 2019 - July 25, 2021)[eighteen]
  • Taiji Terasaki: Transcendients (February ane, 2020 - May 16, 2021)[19]
  • At First Light (May 25, 2019 - October 20, 2019)[20]
  • Kaiju Vs. Heroes (September 15, 2018 - July 7, 2019)[21]
  • Gambatte! (November 17, 2018 - Apr 28, 2019)[22]
  • hapa.me: 15 years of the hapa project (Apr seven, 2018 - Oct 28, 2018)[23]
  • What We Carried (May 19, 2018 - August 5, 2018)[24]
  • Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of the Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, United mexican states City, and Saõ Paulo (September 17, 2017 - February 25, 2018)[25]
  • New Frontiers: The Many Worlds of George Takei (March 12, 2017 - Baronial 20, 2017)[26]
  • Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066 (February xviii, 2017 - August 13, 2017)[27]
  • Tatau: Marks of Polynesia (July 30, 2016 - January 22, 2017)[28]
  • Uprooted: Japanese American Farm Labor Camps During World War II (September 27, 2016 - January 8, 2017)[29]
  • Above the Fold: New Expressions in Origami (May 29, 2016 - August 21, 2016)[30]
  • Making Waves: Japanese American Photography 1920-1940 (February 28, 2016 - June 26, 2016)[31]
  • Hello! Exploring the Supercute Globe of Hello Kitty (October 11, 2014 - May 31, 2015)[32]
  • Two Views: Photographs by Ansel Adams and Leonard Frank (Feb 28, 2016 - Apr 24, 2016)[33]
  • Giant Robot Biennale 4 (October 11, 2015 - January 24, 2016)[34]
  • Before They Were Heroes: Sus Ito'due south World War II Images (July fourteen, 2015 - September 6, 2015)[35]
  • Sugar/ Islands: Finding Okinawa in Hawai'i - The Art of Laura Kina and Emily Hanako Momohara (July 11, 2015 - September 6, 2015)[36]
  • Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game (March 29 - September 14, 2014)[37] [38]
  • Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World (March 8 - September 14, 2014)[39]
  • Marvels & Monsters: Unmasking Asian Images in U.South. Comics, 1942-1986 (October 12, 2013 - Feb 9, 2014)[40]
  • Folding Newspaper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami (March x - August 26, 2012)[41]
  • Drawing the Line: Japanese American Art, Design & Activism in Post-War Los Angeles (October 15, 2011 – Feb nineteen, 2012)[42] [43]
  • Twelvemonth of the Rabbit: Stan Sakai'south Usagi Yojimbo (July 9 - Oct 30, 2011)[44]
  • No Victory E'er Stays Won: The ACLU'due south ninety Years of Protecting Freedom (Nov 21 - December 11, 2010)
  • Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids by Kip Fulbeck (March xx - October 17, 2010)[45]
  • 20 Years Ago Today: Supporting Visual Artists in L.A. (Oct 4, 2008 - January 11, 2009)[46]
  • Glorious Excess (Built-in): Paintings by Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda (July 12 - August 3, 2008)[47]
  • Living Flowers: Ikebana and Gimmicky Fine art (June 15 - September 7, 2008)[48]
  • Southern California Gardeners' Federation: 50 Years (October 25 - November 13, 2005)[49]
  • Boyle Heights: The Ability of Place (September viii, 2002 – Feb 23, 2003)[50]
  • Sumo U.S.A.: Wrestling the Grand Tradition (July 3 - Nov thirty, 1997)[51]
  • Dear Miss Breed: Letters from Camp (January 14 - April 13, 1997)[52]

Major projects [edit]

Discover Nikkei A multilingual, online resource that presents the global Nikkei experience through first-person narratives, celebrated photos and inquiry, and opportunities for user engagement.

The museum'due south International Nikkei Research Project produced the volume New Worlds, New Lives.

Additional images [edit]

  • Akabeko at the shop inside the museum

  • Kokeshi at the shop inside the museum

Encounter also [edit]

  • Go for Broke Monument - side by side
  • History of the Japanese in Los Angeles
  • Historic Wintersburg in Huntington Beach, California
  • Japanese American Citizens League
  • Japanese American National Library
  • Japanese American Museum of San Jose

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External links [edit]

  • Japanese American National Museum
  • National Movie Preservation Foundation

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