New exhibit “Preserving a Legacy” at Nebraska History Museum

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – A brand new duo of displays on the Nebraska Historical past Museum at the moment are open to the general public. Each are highlighting Japanese-American tradition.

“Preserving a Legacy: Japanese in Nebraska” appears on the historical past of Japanese Nebraskans courting again to the early 1900s. Many lived in western farming communities working in farming or hospitality professions. The exhibit can also be paired with one other that’s touring from the Smithsonian Museum, ‘Righting a Mistaken’ and appears into the sophisticated historical past of WWII and Japanese-American relationships together with the incarceration of tens of thousand of Japanese individuals after the warfare.

Whereas Nebraska didn’t have any of these camps, some misplaced jobs and neighborhood leaders had been arrested and questioned. Some descendants of those Nebraskans donated gadgets for the exhibit and say bringing these tales to mild is vital.

“It’s actually vital to me that Individuals perceive the historical past of all Individuals, and never simply sure sure Individuals,” Sharon Ishii-Jordan stated. “Having this exhibit in Lincoln has been fantastic, bringing it to Nebraska.”

“Preserving a Legacy: Japanese in Nebraska” was delivered to the Nebraska Historical past Museum by the Legacy of the Plains Museum in Gering. Each of the displays might be on show to the general public till July 1.

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