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JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation and will reopen in late 2026. While the museum and store are closed, join us for programs and events on our Little Tokyo campus, throughout Southern California, and beyond. 

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  • JANM Book Club: Crown City with Naomi Hirahara

    Mar 21, 2026

    Join Edgar Award–winning author, Naomi Hirahara, for a presentation on her newest historical mystery novel Crown City. Crown City is the story of a young carpenter from Yokohama who is dispatched to Pasadena, California in 1903, only to find himself completely disoriented in a western world obsessed with all things Japanese. Of course, since this is a mystery, there are a series of crimes, including an art theft and ...

  • Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Naomi Hirahara

    Mar 21, 2026

    Meet Edgar Award-winning author Naomi Hirahara during an exclusive conversation and pre-event book signing of her new book, Crown City, for JANM Members.Not a current Member? JOIN NOWMembers who attend will also receive early access to seating for the 2 p.m. JANM Book Club event. We request that you RSVP separately for that program here. Crown City will be released on February 17, 2026 and will be available in the ...

  • Preview: Interactive StoryFiles of George Takei and more

    Mar 21, 2026

    JANM’s renovated galleries will provide new ways to engage visitors with American history, including new StoryFiles—a groundbreaking storytelling technology that gives students, educators, JANM Members, and the public a realistic experience of engaging with survivors of America’s concentration camps and veterans.The new interactive StoryFiles feature actor, author, and activist George Takei, camp survivor June Aochi ...

  • How Do Museums Resist Censorship?

    Feb 23, 2026

    Zócalo, JANM, and MOCA present a discussion at the top of LA’s art week: American Alliance of Museums Board Chair and Michigan State University Museum Director Devon Akmon, JANM President and CEO Ann Burroughs, and The Brick Director and MONUMENTS Co-Curator Hamza Walker will discuss how museums resist the erasure and revision of our history and culture, and what it means for how we document our shared past, present,...

  • Cataloger

    Cataloger will work on a digitization project by creating metadata in the collections database and make more of the Japanese American National Museum’s collection available online through eMuseum platform.

  • 2026 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance

    Feb 21, 2026

    The annual Los Angeles Day of Remembrance commemorates the signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Executive Order 9066 authorized the US military to remove persons of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast and set into motion their incarceration in concentration camps during World War II.This year’s theme, “The Power of Action: Silence Today, Injustice Tomorrow,” high...

  • Defining Courage at Aratani Theatre in Los Angeles

    Feb 19, 2026

    Defining Courage is a journey into the legacy of the Nisei Soldier—Japanese Americans who served in the segregated units of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service, and 522nd Field Artillery Battalion. Produced and narrated by ABC7-Los Angeles news anchor and filmmaker David Ono, Defining Courage honors the greatest fighting units in American military history. Featuri...

  • Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement in Reno, NV

    Feb 19, 2026

    Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement will have a special screening at the Prim Theater in Reno, Nevada on Thursday, February 19, 2026.Courtesy of JANM’s Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center and PBS SoCal.In recognition of the 84th anniversary of Japanese American incarceration during World War II, join Nevada Humanities and the Reno chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League for a special screening of Tadashi Nakam...

  • JANM Statement on the 2026 Day of Remembrance

    Feb 19, 2026

    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 – Today the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) commemorates the Day of Remembrance—a day that celebrates the activism and resilience of the Japanese American community and connects the racial injustices of 1942 to today with the hope that what happe...

  • 追憶―絵画からたどる日系アメリカ人の歴史と美術：全米日系人博物館のコレクションより

    Feb 13, 2026 - May 10, 2026

    巡回展独立行政法人国際協力機構 横浜センター海外移住資料館火〜日曜：10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.、月曜休館Web: jica.go.jp 全米日系人博物館は、日系移民と日系アメリカ人の歴史と文化を収集・保存するアメリカを代表する博物館です。その所蔵コレクションから、多彩な日系アメリカ人アーティストの芸術的作品を紹介いたします。複製の形で展示するこれらの作品は、移民から戦時中の強制収容の歴史を記録するとともに、その時、日系アメリカ人アーティストたちが何を見て考えていたのかを浮かび上がらせています。第二次世界大戦中、アメリカ西海岸に住んでいた日系アメリカ人は、不当にもアメリカの強制収容所へと送られました。彼らはその過酷な生活においても、創造力やユーモアを失わず、その中で見つけた美や喜びを描いていきました。日系アメリカ人のアーティストの、たくましさと芸術性に触れ、その歴史をたどっていただければ幸いです。 上作品：ヒサコ・ヒ...