Project Grant P23AP01671

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NUMBER: P23AS00031 THE JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT SITES (JACS) GRANT PROGRAM (PUBLIC LAW 109-441, 120 STAT. 3288) PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES WORKING TO PRESERVE HISTORIC JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT SITES AND THEIR HISTORY, INCLUDING: PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES, FOR THE PRESERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF U.S. CONFINEMENT SITES WHERE JAPANESE AMERICANS WERE DETAINED DURING WORLD WAR II. PURPOSE OF AWARD:OVERARCHING GOAL. TO PRESERVE AND INTERPRET THE HISTORY AND IMPACTS OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION DURING WORLD WAR II. OBJECTIVES. TO COMPLETE PLANNING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VISITOR CENTER TO SHARE THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II. SUMMARY OF PROJECT SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES: THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM (JANM), LOCATED IN LOS ANGELES, CA, HOUSES A HISTORIC BARRACK THAT ORIGINATED FROM WYOMINGS HEART MOUNTAIN RELOCATION CENTER. JANM WILL CREATE A NEW, PERMANENT MULTI-GALLERY EXHIBITION WHICH WILL HAVE THE CONFINEMENT AND RESETTLEMENT GALLERY AS ITS CENTERPIECE AND FEATURE THE HISTORIC BARRACK AT ITS ENTRANCE. JANM WILL USE JACS FUNDING TO CONSERVE, REINSTALL, REIMAGINE, PROTECT, AND INTERPRET A MAJOR PORTION OF THE HEART MOUNTAIN BARRACKS. ANALOG AND DIGITAL EDUCATIONAL AND INTERPRETIVE COMPONENTS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE EXHIBIT, WHICH PROMISES TO BE PART OF THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF THE JAPANESE AMERICAN WORLD WAR II INCARCERATION AT CONFINEMENT SITES.PERFORMANCE GOALS INCLUDING MILESTONES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES:DESIGN AND INSTALL EXHIBITION WITH BOTH ANALOG AND DIGITAL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. BENEFICIARIES:THE PUBLIC EDUCATORS NPS JACS SITES ORGANIZATIONS PRESERVING JACS SITES AND HISTORY