FY24 PROJECT ABSTRACT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUMPROJECT TITLEIN THE FUTURE WE CALL NOWREALITIES OF RACISM DREAMS OF DEMOCRACYGRANT AWARD652296SITESMULTIPLE SITESTHE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM JANM WILL REDESIGN THEIR CORE EXHIBITION IN THE FUTURE WE CALL NOW REALITIES OF RACISM DREAMS OF DEMOCRACY WHICH WILL BE THE COUNTRYS LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE EXHIBITION DEVOTED TO SHARING THE EXPERIENCES OF JAPANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES DURING WORLD WAR II. THE NEW EXHIBITION WILL INCORPORATE WORK PRODUCED THROUGH PAST JACSFUNDED PROJECTS INCLUDING THE CONSERVED AND RELOCATED HEART MOUNTAIN BARRACKS A SELECTION OF DIGITIZED MOVING IMAGES FROM JANMS COLLECTIONS AND OTHER EXAMPLES OF DIGITIZED EPHEMERA DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS. AS PART OF THE EXHIBITION REDESIGN THE MUSEUM WILL PRESENT VARIOUS ARTIFACTS IN THE 3500SQUAREFOOT CONFINEMENT AND RESETTLEMENT GALLERY AND ALSO WILL DEVELOP MATERIALS AND PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOLS VISITING THE MUSEUM INPERSON OR VIRTUALLY. THE REVAMPED EXHIBITION IS SLATED TO OPEN IN 2026.