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2026 Getty Marrow Audience Engagement Intern

Develop innovative tools and resources to deepen audience connection with JANM’s new permanent exhibition.

2026 Getty Marrow Media Arts Intern

Assist in the creation of media components for upcoming films, exhibitions, educational/public programs, and social media.

JANM to Preview Interactive StoryFiles of George Takei and Others March 21

2026年03月09日

Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will preview four new interactive StoryFiles—a groundbreaking storytelling technology—of actor, author, and activist George Takei and three other Japanese Americans who were incarcerated in America’s concentr...

Democracy Center Announces the Fourth Annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship Focused on Visual Art Criticism

2026年02月12日

LOS ANGELES, CA –The Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces the fourth annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship (Yamamoto Fellowship) with a focus on visual art. The fellowship encourages emerging arts writers of color to write about works from their own cultural and political perspectives, enriching and broa...

LA Day of Remembrance Committee Announces 2026 Day of Remembrance - The Power of Action: Silence Today, Injustice Tomorrow

2026年01月29日

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Day of Remembrance (DOR) Committee announced that the annual Day of Remembrance will take place on Saturday, February 21, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. at the LA Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple – Nishi Betsuin (815 E. 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012).The Day of Remembrance commemorates the signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The order authoriz...

JANM Stands in Solidarity with the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture in Chicago

2025年07月16日

Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) stands in solidarity with the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture (NMPRAC) in Chicago. The NMPRAC was targeted by Department of Homeland Security agents to intimidate museum staff and visitors ah...

JANM Announces Programs for AANHPI Month

2025年04月24日

Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces its roster of programs for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Month throughout May 2025. Tickets are available at janm.org/events. Celebrate Discover Nikkei’s twentieth anniversar...

JANM on the Go will Bring Special Exhibitions, Public Programs throughout Greater LA and Beyond in 2025 and 2026

2024年08月21日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces JANM on the Go, the Museum’s lively schedule of special exhibitions, public programs, family festivals, education programs, and more on the JANM campus, throughout Little Tokyo, the greater Los Angeles area, Southern California, and across the US and Japan. “JANM is a cornerstone of the Little Tokyo community and a powerhouse on the national and...

The Oath of the Sword—Film Screening and Discussion

2023年05月28日

JANM presents the premiere screening of the recently restored silent film The Oath of the Sword at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles. Once thought to be lost, this 1914 film by the Japanese American Film Company was recently rediscovered by scholar Denise Khor at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York. When Masao leaves Japan to study at UC Berkeley, he also leaves his lover, Hisa, who i...

Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo—Venues

Pictures of Belonging is an exhibition produced by the Japanese American National Museum. It is traveling to various sites across the country before being on view at JANM in 2026. See below for information about venues and dates. TRAVELING EXHIBITION SITES Current/Upcoming Venues Monterey Museum of ArtFebruary 5, 2026 – April 19, 2026Monterey Museum of Art559 Pacific StreetMonterey, CA 93940Web: montereyart.orgPhone:...