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Come stamp a sacred book recording the names of persons of Japanese ancestry unjustly imprisoned in WWII camps.

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2023 Benefit and Auction

2023 LEXUS OPPORTUNITY DRAWING

Win a 2023 Lexus RX 500h F SPORT Performance! Funds raised will support JANM’s educational programming and outreach.

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Upcoming Exhibition

Don’t Fence Me In: Coming of Age in America’s Concentration Camps

Opening Saturday, March 4—Discover how Japanese American youth asserted their place as young Americans confronting unjust imprisonment through photographs, personal stories, and artifacts from camping trips, social dances, sports leagues, and more.

LEARN MOREDon’t Fence Me In: Coming of Age in America’s Concentration Camps

New Online Exhibition

Wakaji Matsumoto An Artist in Two Worlds: Los Angeles and Hiroshima, 1917-1944

This online exhibition highlights an artist’s rare photographs of the Japanese American community in Los Angeles prior to World War II and of urban life in Hiroshima prior to the 1945 atomic bombing of the city.

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Background of brown, gray, and white rocks with an old bible laying on top

Current Exhibition

Feb 26, 2022 - Feb 19, 2023

Sutra and Bible

A Community’s Spiritual Journey to Survive From the confines of concentration camps and locales under martial law to the battlegrounds of Europe, Japanese Americans drew on their faith to survive…

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Ongoing Exhibition

Ongoing

The Interactive StoryFile of Lawson Iichiro Sakai

The Japanese American National Museum and Japanese American Stories presents The Interactive StoryFile of Lawson Iichiro Sakai. In 2019, Lawson answered more than 1,000 questions…

Ongoing Exhibition

Ongoing

Common Ground

Incorporating hundreds of objects, documents, and photographs from JANM’s collection, this exhibition chronicles Japanese American history, beginning in the late 1800s with the early days of the…

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People of different faiths marching down a street, holding a banner that reads "Sanctuary" and "Santuario".

Special Events

Saturday, Jan 28, 2023

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Who Is My Neighbor? Allyship Then and Now

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Partner Event

Sunday, Feb 05, 2023

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

SoCal Museums Free-For-All 2023

Flat, kokeshi renditions of Sergio Hernandez Galindo and Alberto Matsumoto against a plain light background. In colorful text the title reads "Nima Voices Episode 11, Featured Nima: Sergio Hernandez Galindo, Guest Host: Alberto Matsumoto".

Discover Nikkei

Tuesday, Feb 07, 2023

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Nima Voices: Episode 11—Sergio Hernández Galindo

Executive Order 9066 printed on neon yellow paper cut into strips with twigs laid vertically on top in a row. The background is a blurred black and white photograph.

Partner Event

Saturday, Feb 11, 2023

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Voices of the Japanese American Incarceration

Painted multi-colored people with word bubbles of various colors forming a closed fist.

Partner Event

Saturday, Feb 18, 2023

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

2023 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance

Activist Warren Furutani speaking in front of a crowd.

Lectures & Discussions

Saturday, Feb 25, 2023

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

JANM Book Club: act-iv-ist with Warren Furutani

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JANM is dedicated to promoting greater understanding and appreciation of America's ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the richness and range of the Japanese American experience.

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About Discover Nikkei

Explore and celebrate the commonalities and differences in our “Nikkei” experiences through shared stories from around the world with diverse topics, such as cultural identity, community and family history, art, sports, music, literature, and much more with JANM’s Discover Nikkei project!

Read articles published daily, watch clips from life history interviews, check out events, and more!

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Itadakimasu 3! Nikkei Food, Family, and Community

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What is Nikkei Food?

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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30

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