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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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  • Japanese American Innovators from ArtCenter’s Transportation Design Program

    Nov 08, 2025

    Join JANM and ArtCenter for a panel that looks at the roles that Japanese American alumni from ArtCenter’s vaunted Transportation Design Program have played in shaping auto design over the last sixty years. The Transportation Design Program has produced generations of influential Japanese American designers that include Bud Sagano and Larry Shinoda (GM) in the 1950s, Tom Matano (Mazda) in the 1970s, Jon Ikeda (Honda/...

  • Strategic Synergies: Reinforcing the Japan-US Alliance

    Nov 05, 2025

    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...

  • Applications Now Open for the 2026 Toshizo Watanabe Democracy Fellowship

    Oct 29, 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 Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in Los Angeles is now accepting applications for the 2026 Toshizo Watanabe Democracy Fellowship.The Toshizo Watanab...

  • Angel Island’s Hidden History: WWII Detention of “Enemy Aliens”

    Oct 18, 2025

    Join JANM and the Nikkei Genealogical Society for an in-depth guide to Angel Island’s hidden history during World War II. Historian and genealogist Grant Din, co-curator of the exhibit Taken From Their Families, will illuminate the experiences of nearly 700 Japanese immigrants temporarily detained at Angel Island’s Fort McDowell before transfer to other camps. As a former director of Community Resources for the Angel...

  • Fall into Reading with JANM Book Club’s “Monster Maker” on November 15

    Oct 16, 2025

    PSAWHAT:Join author Debbi Michiko Florence and artist Mark Nagata for a special reading of Monster Maker: The Strange Creatures of Mark Nagata.WHEN:Saturday, November 15, 2025, from 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m.DETAILS: Following the reading will be a conversation with:Maria Kwong, JANM’s Director of Retail Enterprise and curator of Kaiju vs Heroes, the exhibition that first connected the Debbi to Mark.Debbi Michiko Florence, aut...

  • 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 to Present the Traveling Exhibition devoted to Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo

    Oct 31, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present the national tour of Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo, traveling to four venues across the US before its final stop at JANM in late 2026. Curated by Dr. ShiPu Wang, the Coats Family Chair in the Arts and Professor of Art History at the University of California, Merced, and commissioner of the Smithsonian Natio...

  • 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...

  • 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 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsOctober 10, 2025 – January 4, 2026Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts118-128 North Broad StreetPhila...