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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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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. 

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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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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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Workshops & Classes

Thursday, Dec 08, 2022

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Art Break with Keila Sachi Gaballo
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Lectures & Discussions

Saturday, Dec 10, 2022

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

The Story of Wakaji Matsumoto: An Artist in Two Worlds
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Special Events

Sunday, Jan 08, 2023

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

2023 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Rabbit
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Workshops & Classes

Thursday, Jan 12, 2023

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Art Break with Miye Sugino
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Workshops & Classes

Thursday, Jan 19, 2023

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Imagine Little Tokyo 2023 Short Story Editing Workshop
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