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  • Temporary Detention: A New Multimedia Project About “Assembly Centers”

    May 10, 2025

    Commemorate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with the launch of the new multimedia project, Temporary Detention: A Guide to the Forced “Assembly Centers.” The website provides a past-and-present look at the fifteen temporary detention centers and the Owens Valley “Reception Center” operated by the US Army’s Western Civil Control Administration during World War II. Euphemistically c...

  • May 2025 Member Appreciation Days

    May 05, 2025 - May 11, 2025

    Find the perfect gifts for the kids and moms in your life during Member Appreciation Days this year! JANM Members will receive a 20% discount at janmstore.com during Member Appreciation Days from Kodomo no Hi (Monday, May 5) through Mother’s Day (Sunday, May 11).Since the physical JANM Store is closed during the renovation of the Pavilion building, we have extended the usual three days to a week of savings on qualif...

  • JANM’s Discover Nikkei Project Seeks Stories About Family for Nikkei Chronicles 14

    May 01, 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 – Discover Nikkei, a web-based project of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) that promotes connections and understanding among the global Japanese diaspora, announces the 14th edition of its Nikkei Chronicles special series, an annual, themed ...

  • JANM Congratulates Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi, Posthumous Recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal

    Jan 06, 2025

    Editor’s 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) applauds the presidential administration for posthumously awarding Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi the Presidential Citizens Medal. Known as the second highest civilian medal, it is awarded to US citizens who have performed...

  • JANM Announces Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Roundtable in Japan on November 2, 2024

    Oct 25, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host a roundtable discussion on emerging trends in diversity, equity, and inclusion in Japan and an information session on applying to the 2025 Watanabe Democracy Fellowship. The program will be at the Japan Foundation in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public, and RSVP is recommended at janm.org/de...

  • 2024 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Dragon

    Jan 07, 2024

    Celebrate with us at the 2025 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Snake on January 5, 2025.TICKETS FREE ALL DAYJoin us at the Japanese American National Museum as we welcome the Year of the Dragon with cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages! Traditional mochitsuki (Japanese rice pounding ritual) performance by Kodama TaikoCandy sculpture demonstrations by Shinobu “Shan the ...

  • What We Carried - Artist’s Statement

    In 2007, I began interviewing returning soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. I expected to hear chest thumping and Fox News-like talking points like “We are fighting them over there so we don’t have to fight them over here.” I heard none of that from the soldiers. I heard profound remorse and anger about their participation in U.S. interventions in the Middle East. Many of the vets have become radicals and an...

  • History

    Japanese immigration to Hawai‘i began in 1868—more than 140 years ago. From Tokyo and Yokohama, seekers of fortune and adventure responded eagerly to the recruiters sent by the sugar industry in Hawai‘i who promised a wage of four dollars a month, plus food, lodging and medical expenses, with boat passage to the Islands and back after the fulfillment of three-year contracts. In reality, those who came to the Is...

  • 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...