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Japanese American National Museum @jamuseum.bsky.social · Feb 18
Euphemistic language is a tool often used to sanitize grave injustices. When referring to the WWII incarceration of people of Japanese ancestry, it is important to use the correct terminology: concentration camps, not relocation centers; forced removal, not evacuation; citizens, not non aliens.
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Today is National Voter Registration Day. Have you made a plan to vote yet?

Find resources, make a plan, and stay informed with our People's Guide to Voting Rights: democracyforward.org/work/research/the-peoples-guide-to-voting-rights/
September 15, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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After two years of renovation, we look forward to welcoming our visitors back to JANM! @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/v...
Little Tokyo's Japanese American National Museum to reopen in January
After a two-year renovation project, the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo announced it will reopen its doors in January.
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September 10, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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JANM commends Lonnie Bunch for his distinguished career and decries ongoing attacks on the Smithsonian Institution.

Read our full statement: www.janm.org/press/releas...
JANM commends Lonnie Bunch for his distinguished career and decries ongoing attacks on the Smithsonian Institution | Japanese American National Museum
Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo.
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September 9, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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"That effort to tie history to the present comes as JANM itself has faced political pressure, with the museum losing federal funding amid Trump administration cuts."
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JANM is coming back in January after a two-year transformation
The Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo will unveil a major permanent exhibition more than double the size of the previous one.
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August 21, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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What if YOU could rewrite the future?

Join us on Saturday, August 22 for the Smithsonian's Making History, Making Change lecture series and workshop to explore the enduring impact of the Declaration of Independence and get a chance to write your own!

www.janm.org/democracy/ev...
August 21, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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When ICE began its ongoing assault on LA last year, @jamuseum.bsky.social one of the very few institutions to speak out forcefully & clearly for immigrants & refugees.

Buy your tickets & show up.
jamuseum.bsky.social Japanese American National Museum @jamuseum.bsky.social · 29d
JANM is reopening January 23, 2027!!! We look forward to welcoming you back to our reimagined galleries.

Read our full announcement: www.janm.org/press/releas...
Rendering of museum gallery space with Heart Mountain barracks in the center surrounded by photo mural on the wall to the right. People are standing around the barracks.
August 21, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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JANM is reopening January 23, 2027!!! We look forward to welcoming you back to our reimagined galleries.

Read our full announcement: www.janm.org/press/releas...
Rendering of museum gallery space with Heart Mountain barracks in the center surrounded by photo mural on the wall to the right. People are standing around the barracks.
August 21, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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#ScrubNothing
artforum.com Artforum @artforum.com · Aug 11
Steven Nelson, the former head of the National Gallery of Art‘s Center for Advanced Study in Visual Arts has accused the museum of “soft censorship,” regarding its hushed relocation of a symposium last year titled “Color Lines Across the United States and Mexico.”
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Former National Gallery Of Art Executive Accuses Museum Of “Soft Censorship”
Steven Nelson, the former head of the National Gallery of Art's Center for Advanced Study in Visual Arts has accused the museum of “soft censorship.”
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August 11, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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After losing her home to a fire, sculptor Kelly Akashi built a life-sized replica of her remaining chimney out of clear glass bricks for the Whitney Biennial 2026. Discover how she fuses personal grief with family history to build a luminous new language for resilience. ✨
Kelly Akashi: Sculptor of Impermanence
Kelly Akashi. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Tiffany Hearsey. Los Angeles sculptor Kelly Akashi’s large-scale inst…
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August 4, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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News | American Alliance of Museums backs Smithsonian Institution

Membership body warns recent attacks 'threaten the integrity' of American museums
American Alliance of Museums backs Smithsonian Institution - Museums Association
Membership body warns recent attacks 'threaten the integrity' of American museums
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July 28, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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The president has ordered the National Park Service to put up signage near the entrances to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History warning would-be visitors of what the White House sees as the museum's "ideological capture": www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/28/t...
Trump orders signage to be erected outside Smithsonian museum warning visitors of political bias
US president’s executive order comes after the director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History was grilled by a congressional subcommittee
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July 28, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Japanese American WWII Camp Survivors Say Immigrants Today Share Similar Experiences
Japanese Americans who experienced internment camps during WWII liken the federal government's treatment of immigrants to how they were treated.
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July 21, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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"The American Alliance of Museums condemns the Administration’s continued attacks on the Smithsonian Institution and the museum professionals responsible for preserving, researching, and interpreting our nation’s history, art, science, and culture."
www.aam-us.org/2026/07/20/a...
AAM Statement on the Independence of the Smithsonian and America’s Museums
The American Alliance of Museums condemns the Administration’s continued attacks on the Smithsonian Institution and the museum professionals responsible for preserving, researching, and interpretin…
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July 21, 2026 at 4:18 PM
jamuseum.bsky.social
TAKE ACTION! The Federal Aviation Authority and Modoc County are seeking to construct a 3-mile long, 8 to 10-foot-high security fence, which could permanently alter the setting, viewshed, and archaeological integrity of Tule Lake.

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Support Tule Lake National Monument
Ask Congress to support Tule Lake National Monument, which is currently suffering from significant ongoing threats.
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July 14, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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Pleased to share some good news: I'm one of the recipients of the Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship. I'm grateful to @democracyjanm.bsky.social @jamuseum.bsky.social for the support that will help me continue working on an essay collection about visual art.

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Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship—Fellows | Japanese American National Museum
The Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship encourages arts writers of color to write about art from their own cultural and political perspectives to enrich and broaden arts writing as a practice and p...
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July 11, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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AASLH rejects the White House's July 4 report on the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History (NMAH). Read our statement at aaslh.org/aaslh-rejects-white-house-report-on-smithsonians-nmah.
AASLH Rejects White House Report on Smithsonian’s NMAH
AASLH rejects the White House’s July 4 report on the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH). Contrary to the report’s characterization, NMAH has been steadily widening and deepening the national conversation about American history, expanding its content while maintaining a core narrative that amplifies our country’s remarkable
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July 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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JANM stands in full support of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of American History and repudiates the Domestic Policy Council report. See our full statement here:
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JANM Supports the Smithsonian and the National Museum of American History and Rejects White House Domestic Council Report | Japanese American National Museum
Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo.
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July 9, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III issued a defense of the National Museum of American History to staffers, in response to a caustic White House report accusing the museum of pushing “extreme political activism.”
Smithsonian head disputes White House report in memo to staff
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III defended the work of staff under fire from the White House, according to an email obtained by The Post.
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July 8, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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Dr. Anthea Hartig, Secretary Lonnie Bunch, and their colleagues across the Smithsonian Institution have set the highest standard of excellence in preserving and interpreting our shared history. We stand behind them in full support.

www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/a...
White House Criticizes Smithsonian Museum for ‘Extreme Political Activism’
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July 8, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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Reflecting this years Civic Season (Juneteenth-July 4): Building Community, Inspiring Participation, and Imagining our Future. blog.democracyjanm.org/2026/07/03/b...
A collage of colorful hand written and hand drawn wishes for America's future.
July 3, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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We welcome the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the 14th Amendment, reaffirming one of the Constitution's most fundamental guarantees: that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens.

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Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship
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June 30, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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14 artists confront and reimagine the US flag in the short doc film "Unseen Territories." Free screening tomorrow 6/27 followed by q&a with director Sydney Galindo and artist Jesus Orozco. Get inspired to make your own flag--supplies (and pizza) included!

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A blue car is draped with a hand-painted flag that reads "no one is Illegal on Stolen Land." Democracy Center, Artist Resistance Through Solidarity, Civic Season, and National Youth Day logos. Film Screening and Community Workshop: Unseen Territories, 6.27.26, 11am-1pm.
June 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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Today, we remember Vincent Chin, a 27-year-old Chinese American man who was brutally murdered in 1982 simply for being Asian.

Vincent’s life was stolen by hatred and scapegoating, but his legacy endures in the movement for Asian American civil rights that continues to this day.
June 23, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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BREAKING: Judge Angel Kelly blocks Interior Sec. Doug Burgum's “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” Order as "a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization" and orders DOI to "restore and reinstall" removed materials "forthwith."

ORDER: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION; AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR STATE AND LOCAL HISTORY; ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL PARK RANGERS; CATIONAL PARS: SOCIETY ERICA'S EXPERIENTIAL GRAPHIC DESIGNERS; ) and UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS, Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 1:26-CV-10877-AK V. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; DOUG BURGUM, in his ) official capacity as Secretary of the Interior; ) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE; and JESSICA BOWRON, in her official Defendants. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFES' MOTION FOR 5 U.S.C. § 705 STAY OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ANGEL KELLEY, D.J. In 1872, Congress established Yellowstone National Park as the world's first national park, setting in motion the principle that natural wonders, historical sites, and cultural memory belong to and serve the public. With over 433 park sites across the United States today, the National Park system hosts millions of visitors each year seeking to enjoy the parks' iconic views, monuments to our Nation's history, and memorials recognizing the sacrifice of many. Beyond the scenic grandeur, the National Park system also serves as a cornerstone of public learning, providing rich and informative signs, exhibits, and interpretive waysides on topics ranging from civil rights to environmentalism. From the echoes of abolition in John Brown's Fort in Harpers Ferry, to the genesis of the modern LGBTQ+ civil rights movement at the Stonewall National Monument, to the retreating ice of Glacier National Park in Alaska, the National Parks preserve the multifaceted and multi-layered history of our Nation, including the good, the bad, and the ugly. Often referred to as "America's largest classroom," National Parks serve in that spirit by telling the stories both of those who write history and those who go unheard. The beauty of history is the unvarnished storytelling of a time gone by and the delivery of undeniable truths. The Government's stewardship of these park sites thus carries a responsibility to present history in full rather than in favored fragments. Unfortunately, the Government has disregarded these principles. Under the guise of promoting American dignity, this Administration seeks to share a limited history by ordering the removal of all signs, displays, and interpretive exhibits at National Parks that do not align with its preferred narrative, thereby telling half-truths. In recent months, the Government has torn down exhibits in Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park memorializing the legacy 1 162 Cong. Rec. H7207 (daily ed. Dec. 6, 2016). 2 Case 1:26-cv-10877-AK Document 41 Filed 06/12/26 Page 3 of 63 of people enslaved by the country's first President; removed signage detailing climate threats at Fort Sumter in South Carolina, one of the most environmentally endangered sites in the country; and wiped away descriptions of history and science at countless National Parks across the United States. Not only does this undermine the integrity of the National Parks; it sets a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization. The National Park Service Organic Act, the National Park Service Centennial Act, and the National Parks Omnibus Management Act, as well as the Administrative Procedure Act do not authorize such arbitrary and capricious action. The Court thus GRANTS Plaintiffs' Motion for a Stay Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 705. Because Defendants deemed it important to strip the parks of these undeniable truths in anticipation of the 250th Anniversary of our great Nation, it is equally important that our shared history be honestly told and fully restored by the 250th Anniversary to properly honor the remarkable achievements of the United States. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED: Plaintiffs' Motion to Stay Under 5 U.S.C. § 705 is GRANTED forthwith. 2. Defendants are ENJOINED from taking any further action to implement Section 5 of Secretary's Order 3431, "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," at park sites managed by the NPS pending further litigation in this matter. 3. Defendants are ORDERED to take all necessary steps forthwith to restore and reinstall all interpretive materials at park sites managed by the NPS that, pursuant to the Secretary's Order, have been altered, removed, or damaged in the process of such removal since May 20, 2025, to be completed within twenty-one (21) calendar days of this Order. Defendants are further ENJOINED from making any further alterations to interpretive materials at NPS park sites pursuant to the Secretary's Order.
June 12, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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“There weren’t a lot of stories about Japanese Americans, about Asian Americans, even about people of color or any other kind of marginalized identities...a lot of our authors are really working to make sure that those stories are being told now.”

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Children Learn Japanese American History Through the Power of Storytelling
LOS ANGELES — Inside the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo, children sat with picture books, made bracelets and listened to stories that carried the weight of history in language meant...
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June 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM