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JANM’s Nikkei Children’s Book Festival is on Saturday, September 20

2025年08月20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 present the Nikkei Children’s Book Festival on Saturday, September 20, 2025. The festival will be held at the Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) from 10...

Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy Relaunch

2023年12月01日

Please join us on Friday, December 1, 2023 for the relaunch the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy as the Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center). An initiative of JANM, the revitalized Democracy Center builds on the original vision of Senator Daniel K. Inouye by examining issues around race, identity, and social justice; exploring the evolving idea of ...

JANM Mourns the Passing of the Museum’s Honorary Board of Governors Member Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura

2022年12月12日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is deeply saddened by the passing of Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura, a recipient of the US Medal of Honor, the country’s highest military award for valor. Miyamura was a member of the Museum’s Honorary Board of Governors. He passed away at his home in Phoenix, Arizona on November 29, 2022. He was ninety-seven years old. Miyamura was born on October 26, 192...

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival—C3: Manzanar, Convergent

2021年09月24日

FREE In this polarized moment, how can the acknowledgement of shared histories really bring about steps towards positive change? The answers continue to unfold after the highly anticipated screening of documentary film Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust. Join community leader and activist, traci kato-kiriyama, in a panel conversation with Danelle Bacoch-Gutierrez (Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, ...

JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM TO DISPLAY EATON COLLECTION AS "CONTESTED HISTORIES"

2017年12月20日

Los Angeles, CA—Beginning January 7, 2018, the Japanese American National Museum will display the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection, which was saved from the auction block in 2015 through the efforts of various community groups that felt Japanese American history from World War II should not be for sale. Opening day coincides with the museum’s annual Oshogatsu Family Festival, which is free all day from 11 a.m. to 5...

KOKORO CRAFT BOUTIQUE SET FOR OCTOBER 1 AT JANM

2017年09月05日

Los Angeles, CA—The ninth annual Kokoro Craft Boutique, organized by volunteers at the Japanese American National Museum, will take place Sunday, October 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Yuujou Daiko, a taiko performance group based in South San Gabriel, will perform at 1 p.m. Admission to the boutique is free. Kokoro Craft Boutique will feature more than 50 vendors selling unique jewelry, kimono fabric fashions, Giant R...

NEW EXHIBITION EXPLORING JAPANESE LATINO AND LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS TO OPEN AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

2017年08月24日

Los Angeles, CA Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo, a new exhibition opening at the Japanese American National Museum on September 17, 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 will show how ethni...

Ansel Adams at Manzanar—Article

A Glimpse of the Elusive Truth Ansel Adams at Manzanar By Lisa Itagaki I believe that the arid splendor of the desert, ringed with towering mountains, has strengthened the spirit of the people of Manzanar…From the harsh soil they have extracted fine crops; they have made gardens glow in the firebreaks and between the barracks. Out of the jostling, dusty confusion of the first bleak days in raw barracks they h...

Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations (2024)

Learn about the intersection of history, culture, and community through a workshop from JANM and the National Endowment for the Humanities: “Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations."

Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations (2022)

Learn about the intersection of history, culture, and community through a workshop from JANM and the National Endowment for the Humanities: “Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations."