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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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  • Film Screening—Dealing with Dad

    Jun 26, 2025

    Join JANM and Changing Tides for a screening of the award-winning and poignant dramedy, Dealing with Dad. When Margaret reluctantly returns to her hometown to deal with her dad’s sudden depression, she and her brothers learn how to work together to help him get better and rediscover their relationship with him and with each other.The screening will be followed by a Q&A discussion with the film’s writer and director, ...

  • POSTPONED: Defining Courage at the USC Day of Remembrance (Los Angeles)

    Feb 19, 2025

    This event has been postponed to 2026. Defining Courage is a journey into the legacy of the Nisei Soldier, Americans of Japanese ancestry who served in the segregated military units of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service, and 522nd Field Artillery Battalion. Considered the greatest fighting units in American military history, most have never heard their extraordin...

  • Behind the Scenes of the Ireichō National Tour (Virtual)

    Jan 29, 2025

    This year, JANM will partner with The Irei Project and USC’s Duncan Ryuken Williams to travel the Ireichō in conjunction with pilgrimages to a number of former War Relocation Authority, Department of Justice, and Wartime Civil Control Administration incarceration sites.Get a behind-the-scenes look at how the Ireichō came to be through a talk by Duncan Ryuken Williams and find out how to contribute to this national mo...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

    Jan 21, 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) mourns the passing of Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, coauthor of Farewell to Manzanar. Born in Inglewood, California, on September 26, 1934, she grew up in Santa Monica. Her mother cared for their family of ten ch...

  • 2025 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Snake

    Jan 05, 2025

    FREE ALL DAYJoin us at the Japanese American National Museum as we welcome the Year of the Snake with cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages!Traditional mochitsuki (Japanese rice pounding ritual) performance by Kodama Taiko.Candy sculpture demonstrations by Shan Ichiyanagi (Shan the Candyman)Interactive storytimesSouvenir photos by cre8tive outletsFun Oshogatsu and Year of the...

  • Reception for Mario Gershom Reyes

    Dec 06, 2024

    Join us for the opening of OBRAS DE LUZ (Works of Light): A 40-Year History of the Japanese American Community through the Lens of Photojournalist Mario Gershom ReyesAs a photojournalist with The Rafu Shimpo (Los Angeles’s Japanese American newspaper since 1903), Mario Reyes has documented the milestones, the tragedies, and the victories of the Japanese American community in Los Angeles. A new pop-up exhibition at JA...

  • Two Early-Career Cultural Critics of Color Awarded the Democracy Center’s Second Annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship

    Jun 27, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has awarded the second annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship to Nicole Leung and Adam Wassilchalk, two early-career cultural critics of color who are making notable contributions to the theater, dance, and performance art world. A rare funding opportunity ...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM TO FEATURE ARTWORK OF CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATOR ALLEN SAY

    Jun 15, 2000

    Allen Say’s Journey: The Art and Words of a Children’s Book Author, the first retrospective exhibition of the art of award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Allen Say, will open on Friday, July 28 at the Japanese American National Museum. This comprehensive survey dedicated to the art of Allen Say will feature fifty-five original watercolor paintings and pen-and-ink drawings, including works from Say’s...

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

    Purchase items related to the “Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo” exhibition from the JANM Store.

  • Textured Lives - Barbara Kawakami Collection

    The Barbara Kawakami Collection at the Japanese American National Museum is the most significant collection of Issei (first generation Japanese) immigration and plantation clothing in the world. It is an extensive collection of textiles and other artifacts from late 19th century through the 20th century gathered by author and scholar Barbara Kawakami primarily in Hawai‘i. Hawaii-based author, expert storyteller an...