Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center :: Japanese American History Musuem

Japanese American History Museum
A project of the Oregon Nikkei Endowment

121 NW 2nd Ave
Portland, OR 97209
(503) 224-1458

Exhibit hours:
Tuesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sunday, noon to 3 p.m.

$3 suggested donation,
free for Friends of Oregon Nikkei Endowment

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Last updated:
February 5, 2010

Sharing and preserving Japanese American history and culture in Portland's Old Town neighborhood, where Japantown once thrived. Japanese American history museum

Group tours of the museum, speaking engagements for classrooms or other community groups, and research appointments at the Legacy Center are available. To schedule or for more information, call 503-224-1458.

(photo courtesy Rich Iwasaki, 2004)

Tour our exhibit:

Oregon Nikkei: Reflections of an American Community

Events and Programs

Free Day at the Legacy Center
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Noon - 3:00 p.m.

In honor of Oregon Statehood Day, the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center will host a free admission day on Sunday, February 14, 2010. Exhibit hours are noon - 3pm. Please drop in!

Day of Remembrance Event
Fighting for Civil Rights, the Japanese-American and Latino Experience
Sunday, February 21, 2010, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Portland State University, George C. Hoffmann Hall
1833 SW 11th Avenue
Free and open to the public

SPONSORED BY PORTLAND JACL AND PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY’S OFFICE OF DIVERSITY AND EQUITY

Learn more about this Day of Remembrance event.

Katazome Class
Introduction to Japanese Stencil Cutting
Instructor Karen Miller
March 6, March 20, and April 3, 2010
11am-3pm
at Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center

Registration required. Email Karen Miller to register.

Veterans Medal Ceremony
Honoring veterans and their families
Saturday, March 13, 2010
beginning at 1:00 p.m.

In conjunction with our veterans exhibit, we will host an Honorable Service Medal ceremony Saturday, March 13, 2010. The creation of Veterans of Oregon, this ceremony publicly acknowledge and honor veterans and their families by presents a free medal to every veteran who desires it.

Gift Shop News

We now have back in stock Only What We Could Carry, a collection of poetry, stories, art and photographs on the Japanese American internment experience, edited by Lawson Inada. Also available is Stubborn Twig, last year's pick for the Oregon Reads program, celebrating Oregon's sesquicentennial. Learn more about Oregon Reads 2009 at www.oregonreads2009.org.

Stop by the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center to browse our gift shop, or order books online.

Museum in a Suitcase
Japantown Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center has developed a teaching aid for use in classroom presentations called Museum in a Suitcase. Our speakers will share the Japanese American experience in Oregon with your students by bringing exhibits (visual images and artifacts) in a suitcase to your classroom. The exhibits cover the following topics: immigration, life in Portland's Japantown, and the internment story. For more information, contact Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center at 503-224-1458.

To get involved in these activities, please contact Oregon Nikkei Endowment:

Phone: 503-224-1458

Current Exhibit

Motoya Nakamura: Images of the 442nd
January 31 - April 18, 2010

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The Legacy Center has a wealth of resources documenting Japanese American history and culture, housing original manuscripts, government documents and publications, as well as historical and contemporary artifacts and photographs.

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