Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2025 (original) (raw)
May is Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America's history and are instrumental in its future success.
May it Please Your Highness: Music of the Asian Courts
May it Please Your Highness: Music of the Asian Courts takes upper elementary students on a journey through Asia’s court music traditions.
Smithsonian
Image credit: Detail of A Group of Women in a Garden, Entertaining Themselves with Music and Dancing, unknown artist. National Museum of Asian Art.
Centering Asian Artists in the American Story
Asian Americans are often left out of view of American history but their lives—and art—are inextricably intertwined with the nation's history. Discover AAPI artists whose art contend with the complex events and issues of the American story.
National Gallery of Art
Image credit: Binh Danh, Found Portrait, 2003, chlorophyll print and resin, National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase with funds donated in honor of Jean Efron's 60th Birthday), 2015.19.4993
National Park Service Celebrates Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Every May during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and throughout the year, the National Park Service and its partners share those histories and the continuing culture thriving in parks and communities today.
National Park Service
Image credit: Courtesy of National Park Service.
Veterans History Project: Asian-American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander American Veterans
The digital collection Asian Pacific Americans: Going for Broke highlights additional stories from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. Kimberly Mitchell, James Miho , Kenje Ogata, John Junji Katsu, Jaden Kim Mary Nagano Salmen, and Veasna Rouen.
Library of Congress
Image credit: Left: Kenje Ogata in uniform, Sterling, Illinois. 1943. Kenje Ogata Collection (AFC2001/001/76800). Right: Kimberly Mitchell taken for National University, San Diego, CA. Kimberly Mitchell Collection (AFC2001/001/113667)