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Strategic Synergies: Reinforcing the Japan-US Alliance

2025年11月05日

Amid the growing instability in global security, the resilience of US-Japan relations has never been more vital to the Indo-Pacific region. JANM and the Japan America Society of Southern California present this free program that reexamines the future of this bilateral relationship, particularly in trade and security. Dr. Tosh Minohara, a Japanese American from California who chairs the Research Institute for Indo-Pac...

JANM Mourns the Passing of Margaret “Marge” Wada

2024年05月10日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of Margaret “Marge” Wada, a dedicated JANM volunteer for twenty-three years. She worked for the State of California for nineteen years and retired as a Manager II. At JANM she taught origami to students during school visits and supported staff with mailings and other projects. Her passion for dancing led to her to recruit and organize v...

JANM Mourns the Passing of Sakaye Aratani

2024年04月02日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns Sakaye Aratani, who passed away on March 18, 2024. Aratani grew up in Gardena, where her parents ran a chicken farm. When Pearl Harbor was bombed, her family lived with relatives in Reedley, California before being forcibly removed to the Poston concentration camp in Arizona. While visiting another camp she met her future husband, George, and they ...

Transpacific Borderlands

2017年09月17日 - 2018年02月25日

Español | 日本語 | Português Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo will examine the experiences of artists of Japanese ancestry born, raised, or living in either Latin America or predominantly Latin American neighborhoods of Southern California. The exhibition is part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a Getty-led initiative exploring Latin American...

"HELLO! EXPLORING THE SUPERCUTE WORLD OF HELLO KITTY" EXHIBITION CATALOG NOW AVAILABLE

2014年11月19日

The catalog for the Japanese American National Museum’s Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty exhibition is now available for purchase at the JANM Store and online at janmstore.com. It is priced at $30. Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty is the first large-scale museum retrospective of the iconic Sanrio character in the United States. The exhibition combines an extensive survey o...

‘PORTRAITURE NOW: ASIAN AMERICAN PORTRAITS OF ENCOUNTER’ OPENS AT JANM MAY 11

2013年04月22日

Los Angeles—The Japanese American National Museum is pleased to present Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter from May 11 through September 22, 2013. Portraiture Now is a collaboration between the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program who have mounted the Smithsonian’s first major showcase of contemporary Asian American portraiture. Through the wo...

Fighting For Democracy at Levine Museum of the New South (Charlotte, NC)

2013年01月19日 - 2013年07月14日

TRAVELING EXHIBITION Levine Museum of the New South Charlotte, North Carolina About the Exhibition Through the diverse perspectives of seven ordinary citizens whose lives and communities were forever changed by World War II, this exhibition asks visitors to think critically about freedom, history, and, ultimately, the ongoing struggle to live democratically in a diverse America. Fighting For Democra...

NATIONAL MUSEUM TO MARK 10TH YEAR OF CORE EXHIBITION 'COMMON GROUND' ON JAN. 25

2009年01月20日

The Japanese American National Museum will commemorate 10 years of its programs and projects since the opening of its Pavilion in 1999, beginning with a special event focused on its core exhibition, Common Ground: The Heart of Community, set for Sunday, January 25, 2009, at 1 p.m. at the National Museum in Little Tokyo. The program, "10th Anniversary of the Opening of Common Ground: The Heart of Community", will l...

Boyle Heights: The Power of Place—Community

The Boyle Heights Project represents an expansion of the Japanese American National Museum's partnership initiatives and manifests our commitment to exploring the multicultural experiences of the United States. This section highlights some of the strategies and methods used to engage in community-based documentation and interpretation.

Boyle Heights: The Power of Place—Project

The Boyle Heights Project was designed to serve as a model for the collaborative research and documentation of community histories and experiences. The project and its programs are instructive for museums that want to work in partnership with the communities they serve and with other organizations. Why did the Japanese American National Museum initiate this project? The Japanese American National Museum ha...