
Special Display
Ireichō
JANM invites you to stamp the Ireichō, a sacred book that records the names of over 125,000 persons of Japanese ancestry who were unjustly imprisoned in US Army, Department of Justice, and War Relocation Authority camps during World War II.
Performance
Comedy Night: Democracy on the Rocks...with a Soda Chaser
Sunday, May 28—Comedy has always played an important role in social commentary. Join us for an evening of provocative fun and laughter with some of the leading comic voices today as the Democracy Center partners with Let’s Be Honest.
On the Road
The Oath of the Sword—Film Screening and Discussion
Sunday, May 28—JANM presents the premiere screening of the recently restored 1914 silent film, The Oath of the Sword, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Once thought to be lost, it was recently rediscovered by scholar Denise Khor at the George Eastman Museum.
Current & Upcoming Exhibitions
Current & Upcoming Exhibitions
Jun 30, 2023 - Jan 28, 2024
A Project By Glenn Kaino Glenn Kaino: Aki’s Market is inspired by Akira and Sachiye Shiraishi’s small neighborhood market (1957–1970) in East Los Angeles. Created by artist Glenn Akira Kaino …
Mar 04 - Oct 01, 2023
Don’t Fence Me In: Coming of Age in America’s Concentration Camps explores the experiences of Japanese American youth who asserted their place as young Americans confronting the injustice of being…
Ongoing
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…
Ongoing
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
An American Vocabulary: Words to Action is a collaborative project by visual artist Audrey Chan and rapper jason chu. This set of flash cards portrays figures, events, and practices rooted in…
Ongoing
Wakaji Matsumoto—An Artist in Two Worlds: Los Angeles and Hiroshima, 1917–1944 highlights an artist’s rare photographs of the Japanese American community in Los Angeles prior to World War II and…
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
Sunday, May 28, 2023
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturday, Jun 17, 2023
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Saturday, Jun 17, 2023
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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