Current & Upcoming Exhibitions
Current & Upcoming Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibition
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 …
Current Exhibition
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 Exhibition
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 Exhibition
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…
Online Exhibition
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…
Online Exhibition
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
Lectures & Discussions
Saturday, Jun 17, 2023
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Special Events
Saturday, Jun 17, 2023
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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.
Discover Nikkei
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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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