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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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  • 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 An...

  • 2025 Natsumatsuri Family Festival

    Aug 16, 2025

    Celebrate summer with us at JANM’s Democracy Center and the Norman Y. Mineta Democracy Plaza featuring free cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages!Cultural performancesStorytime with author and racecar driver Nadine Sachiko HsuFun summer-themed crafts and origamiExclusive activities connected to JANM’s new exhibition, Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei CommunityAn...

  • 2025 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance

    Feb 15, 2025

    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 forcibly remove persons of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast and set into motion their incarceration into concentration camps during World War II. During JANM on the Go we are pleased to partner with the Los Angeles ...

  • Southern California Museums Host “Climates of Inequality” Exhibition

    Sep 19, 2023

    Japanese American National Museum 100 N. Central Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012 September 24 – October 1, 2023 janm.org Riverside Art Museum 3425 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA 92501 October 14 – November 5, 2023 riversideartmuseum.org Los Angeles & Riverside, CA, September 19, 2023 – A nationally touring exhibition will make two ...

  • Defining Courage—Aloha Edition

    Sep 09, 2023

    Special “Aloha” Edition in Support of Maui Fire Relief ONE NIGHT ONLY! Saturday, September 9 at 7 p.m. The Marsee Auditorium in Torrance, CA You’re invited to support the Maui relief efforts by attending a special showing of Defining Courage. The immersive live performance honors the most decorated US soldiers of World War II—the 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the ...

  • THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM CELEBRATES 30th ANNIVERSARY WITH THE THEME OF “HONORING OUR HISTORY, REIMAGINING OUR FUTURE”

    Jan 11, 2022

    LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the opening of the Historic Building in 1992. JANM will use the historic occasion to reflect on all its accomplishments in the first three decades, and the timeliness and timelessness of its mission: To promote greater understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the full range of th...

  • JANM’S ANNUAL NATSUMATSURI FAMILY FESTIVAL IS A FREE DAY OF FUN FOR ALL

    Aug 03, 2015

    The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present its annual Natsumatsuri ("summer festival") on Saturday, August 15, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the yearly celebration featuring Japanese and Japanese American performances, crafts, and activities is free, and all current exhibitions will be available for viewing. Highlights of the day will include a joint performance by TAIKOPROJECT and Chican...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Say Cheese!

    Mar 14, 2009

    FREE ALL DAY! Come enjoy picture taking workshop and craft activities for the whole family. Keeping checking back for program schedule! Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. All day craft activities: Look carefully and see what you discover in the Museum’s galleries by going on a photo scaven...

  • America's Concentration Camps Exhibition Set For Ellis Island Immigration Museum In March 1998

    Jul 10, 1997

    The award-winning exhibition, America’s Concentration Camps: Remembering the Japanese American Experience, which drew record crowds to the Japanese American National Museum in 1994 and 1995, will be a featured exhibit at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City beginning on March 30, 1998. The exhibition provides the broad outline of the experience of 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry who were...

  • Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo—Artists

    Learn about these trailblazing Japanese American artists whose artwork illuminates the beauty, connections, turmoil, and resilience of their remarkable lives through the exhibition and accompanying catalog.