Experience the Museum
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.
Common Ground: The Heart of Community
This exhibition chronicles 130 years of Japanese American history, beginning with the early days of the Issei pioneers through the World War II incarceration to the present.
Current Exhibitions
Current Exhibitions
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…
Also On View
The Interactive StoryFile of Lawson Iichiro Sakai
ONGOING EXHIBITION
Ask Lawson Iichiro Sakai, a veteran of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, about his experiences before, during, and after World War II using AI technology.
Ireichō
OCT 11, 2022 – SEPT 24 2023
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. Separate reservations are required.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibitions
Traveling Exhibitions
Traveling Exhibitions
Watase Media Arts Center
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Online Exhibitions
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…
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
The December 7, 1941 attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawai‘i by the nation of Japan plunged the United States into World War II and irrevocably changed the course of American history…
Virtual Visits use video conferencing technology to engage visitors and students in conversations surrounding JANM’s collections. These visits offer a new way to make sure that the important lessons of history are not forgotten.