JANM on the Go logo
Closed for Renovations

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. 

Learn More

Search Results For

  • Giant Robot × JANM Konbini 2

    Aug 31, 2024

    Join JANM and the artists of Giant Robot once again for an art market at the Museum! Playing on the idea of the konbini or Japanese convenience store, which stocks everything from snacks to household supplies, this Art Konbini will feature art prints, zines, pins, and more! 2 p.m.: Join James Jean and Eric Nakamura in conversation around art and community. Included in event admission. Seating is first come, first ser...

  • JANM to Host Wakayama Sister Museum Ceremony on May 22

    May 15, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host a signing ceremony on May 22, 2024 to commemorate its new sister museum affiliation with the Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama (MOMAW). MOMAW is one of Japan’s leading art museums and is the fifth oldest modern art museum in Japan. MOMAW has continuously conducted research on prewar Japanese artists from Wakayama who settled in the US and has b...

  • J. T. Sata: Immigrant Modernist

    Mar 15, 2024 - Sep 15, 2024

    James Tadanao Sata (1896–1975) created some of the most adventurous photographs made in America in the 1920s and ’30s. Abstract spheres and triangles, complex arrangements of figures and shadows, and spaces rich with deep and delicate tones emphasized geometric forms and conveyed newness, modernity, and irony.Sata came to the United States in 1918. Despite his good education and the elevated social status of his samu...

  • "Transforming the Commonplace": Curator Daniell Cornell talks about the life and legacy of Ruth Asawa

    Mar 11, 2007

    Organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air is a brilliant retrospective of the artist's richly varied career. A Nisei who was incarcerated in Rohwer Concentration Camp, Asawa went on to become a highly influential figure in the history of American modernism and is recognized nationally for her activism in arts education. Daniell Cornell, Associate Curator of ...

  • Annual Giving Circle Members Reception for opening of Ansel Adams at Manzanar

    Nov 12, 2006

    A special reception for Annual Giving Circle Members celebrating the opening of Ansel Adams at Manzanar. By invitation only. Learn more about Annual Giving Circle Membership

  • Members' Reception for "Drifting: Nakahama Manjiro's Tale of Discovery"

    Oct 10, 2003

    National Museum Members at the Annual Giving Levels ($1,000 and above) are invited to join us for a private preview of the exhibition. RSVP required. For more information, please contact Theresa Hashimoto at 213.830.5655.

  • Opening of "From Bento to Mixed Plate" at Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum

    May 24, 2002

    Opening of the exhibition, From Bento to Mixed Plate: Americans of Japanese Ancestry in Multicultural Hawai'i

  • The Forgotten War: The Impact of the Korean War on Japanese Americans and their Community

    Apr 29, 2000

    Featuring: Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura, Charles Kubokawa, Norman Y. Mineta, Vince Okamoto, Judge Taketsugi Takei, Robert Wada, and host Mitchell T. Maki The Korean War is often referred to as the "Forgotten War" and yet its impact upon Japanese Americans would change the community forever. This discussion will explore the complicated issues associated with the Korean War and its social impact on society, sp...

  • Whispered Silences: Japanese American Detention Camps, Fifty Years Later Photographs Document Remains Of Wartime Experience

    May 03, 1997

    Whispered Silences: Japanese American Detention Camps, Fifty Years Later, opens Saturday, May 3, 1997 at the Japanese American National Museum. Part of the Shithsonian Institution Travelling Exhibition Service (SITES), the Museum is one stop in the exhibit’s North American tour. Fourty-four contemporary platinum-palladium prints were taken by photographer Joan Myers and evoke the wartime experiences of Japanese ...

  • Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty - Venues

    Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty originated at the Japanese American National Museum and was on display October 11, 2014 – May 31, 2015. TRAVELING EXHIBITION Past Venue EMP Museum November 14, 2015 – May 15, 2016 Seattle Center 325 5th Avenue N Seattle, WA 98109 Web: empmuseum.org Phone: 206.770.2700