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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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  • Cruising J-Town

    Jul 31, 2025 - Nov 12, 2025

    JANM on the Go presents Cruising J-Town in Pasadena, CAPeter and Merle Mullin Gallery Wednesday–Sunday: 12 p.m.–5 p.m. Free admission; ticket reservations recommended. Car culture has long been synonymous with Southern California. What we drive for work and play have been literal and symbolic vehicles of personal expression, community identity, and social mobility. This has been especially true for the Southland’s Ja...

  • JANM is Concerned about Reports of ICE’s Presence on Terminal Island

    Jul 17, 2025

    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) is deeply concerned about reports regarding the presence of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at or around the federal prison on Terminal Island, where Japanese Americans were forcibly removed ...

  • Why Our Story Must Be Told

    May 28, 2025

    Why Our Story Must Be Told: 2025 Survey Data on Public Knowledge of the World War II Japanese American IncarcerationJoin JANM and the Japanese American Citizens League for a powerful virtual program that unveils new data on the awareness of the World War II Japanese American incarceration experience within Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities.Karthick Ramakrishnan, director of th...

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

    Aug 21, 2024

    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...

  • JANM Book Club with Tritia Toyota

    Jun 23, 2024

    Join Tritia Toyota in conversation with Valerie Matsumoto around Toyota’s new book Intimate Strangers: Shin Issei Women and Contemporary Japanese American Community, 1980–2020, which explores the lives of Japanese women migrating to the US and the specific challenges and trials they faced as both women and recent immigrants.About the book:Intimate Strangers explores the stories of resilient shin Issei women who migra...

  • JANM Book Club Hosts Conversation on Tritia Toyota’s New Book about Shin Issei Women

    Jun 06, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) and UCLA will present a conversation with Tritia Toyota and Valerie Matsumoto about Toyota’s new book, Intimate Strangers: Shin Issei Women and Contemporary Japanese American Community, 1980–2020, at JANM on Sunday, June 23, 2024 from 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Tickets are $16 ($9 for seniors and students, free for JANM Members) and are available at janm.org/events...

  • JANM Announces Fall 2023 Book Club Authors

    Aug 31, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces the lineup of authors for the fall 2023 JANM Book Club, a public program series that highlights new publications by Japanese Americans or related to Japanese American history and culture. The featured authors are Naomi Hirahara, Eric L. Muller, Gwen Muranaka, and Dr. ShiPu Wang. Tickets for each program are $16 ($9 for seniors and students, free...

  • The Oath of the Sword—Film Screening and Discussion

    May 28, 2023

    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

    Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo Rediscover the work of three trailblazing women—Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo—in Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo. This exhibition reveals a broader picture of the American experience through artworks and life stories of three Japanese American women from the pre–World War II generation, seen together fo...

  • 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 Smithsonian American Art MuseumNovember 15, 2024 – August 17, 2025Smithsonian American Art Museum8th and G Streets NWWashington, DC 20004We...