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Special Project

An American Vocabulary: Words to Action

A collaborative project by visual artist Audrey Chan and rapper jason chu that invites you to participate in a shared vocabulary of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander agency and unity in the fight for justice, healing, and understanding. Join us for a public art event on Saturday, October 8 to celebrate the launch.

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save the date

2023 Annual Benefit & Online Auction

Join us at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown on May 13, 2023. The evening will feature an online auction, dinner, and program that pays tribute to our members and shares highlights from the past year. We will also draw the winner of our Lexus Opportunity Drawing.

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JANM Store

2022-2023 JANM Store Catalog is here!

Browse the new gift catalog to get a jump on your holiday shopping with cultural gifts, books, media, and clothing! On-site pick-ups available; JANM Members get 10% off!

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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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Current Exhibition

May 07, 2022 - Jan 08, 2023

BeHere / 1942

Visionary Japanese media artist Masaki Fujihata invites visitors to experience the photographic archive of the 1942 forced removal of Japanese Americans in new ways, including two groundbreaking…

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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…

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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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Performances

Saturday, Oct 08, 2022

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

An American Vocabulary: Words to Action
Painting by Japanese American artist Henry Sugimoto depicting an everyday scene from the lives of Japanese Americans in World War II concentration camps.

Workshops & Classes

Thursday, Oct 13, 2022

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Virtual Educator Workshop—Teaching the Japanese American WWII Experience Through Art
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Film Screenings

Saturday, Oct 15, 2022

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Premiere Screening and Q&A—We Said No! No!
An image is framed by a colorful red, pink, and yellow background. In the image, two people sit at a table covered in Giant Robot magazines. The person on the left is flipping through a magazine.

Film Screenings

Friday, Oct 21, 2022

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Premiere Screening and Discussion—“Giant Robot: Asian Pop Culture and Beyond” (ARTBOUND)
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Film Screenings

Saturday, Oct 22, 2022

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Premiere of the Remastered HITO HATA: RAISE THE BANNER
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Discover Nikkei

Tuesday, Oct 25, 2022

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Nima Voices: Episode 10—Gil Asakawa
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