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Current ExhibitsOregon Nikkei: Reflections of an American Community
The Hayashi family greenhouse, courtesy of Toshiko Hayashi. This special exhibit celebrates the lives and contributions of Oregon's Nikkei community, and evokes memories of shared experiences - from early settlement through the unique challenges of World War II and into the 21st century. Please join us at the Legacy Center for a unique and educational glimpse of Japanese American life in Oregon.
ECHOES of Struggle and Hope:
Not only does the Plaza bear the great national legacy as the first memorial dedicated to civil liberties, but additionally it has been celebrated and recognized for both its design and purpose, with a multitude of awards and acclaim including the Portland Beautification Association Appreciation Award (1991), the American Institute of Architects Design and People’s Choice Awards (1990), the ACLU Honor Award Commendation for Civil Liberties (1990) and The Waterfront Center (Top Honor, Excellence on the Waterfront, 1991).
The exhibit will be on view from July 30 through November 14, 2010. Supported in part by the Spirit Mountain Community Fund, the John R. Gatewood and Mary Z. Gatewood Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation, and The Collins Foundation.
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Online Exhibits Tour our permanent exhibit Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center is partnering with Discover Nikkei, one of the world's largest sources for Nikkei-related databases, history and culture, to create online collections of photographs and history relating to Oregon's Japanese American history.
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Oregon Nikkei Endowment continues celebrating its 20th year in 2010 with an exhibit featuring the history and story of how the Japanese American Historical Plaza came to be. Through the trials and tribulations of building this memorial, the Japanese American community came together to realize a dream, and the Plaza was dedicated in August of 1990. The poetry of Lawson Inada, among others, combines with the stunning and thoughtful design of landscape designer Robert Murase and sculpture of Jim Gion to form not only a place of respite within the city, but also a place of remembrance, and a place to both acknowledge and educate.
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