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  • JANM Hosts the Natsumatsuri Family Festival on August 12, 2023

    May 24, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host the Natsumatsuri Festival on Saturday, August 12, 2023, from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. The Museum’s annual summer celebration features free cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages. Admission to Natsumatsuri is free but RSVPs are requested. The festivities will include performances by TAIKOPROJECT and Yu-ki Project, so...

  • 2023 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

    May 05, 2023 - May 07, 2023

    Free The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF), presented annually by Visual Communications (VC), Southern California’s leading showcase for new Asian Pacific American and Asian international cinema, announced today the program for the 39th edition of the festival. The festival returns May 4–15 in Los Angeles and will feature an exciting lineup of in-person programming, along with virtual programming fo...

  • Defining Courage

    Apr 23, 2023

    TWO MORE SHOWINGS ADDED BY POPULAR DEMAND! Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 3 p.m. (HST) at The Hawaii Theatre, 1130 Bethel St, Honolulu, HI. (SOLD OUT) Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 7 p.m. (HST) at The Hawaii Theatre, 1130 Bethel St, Honolulu, HI. The most decorated US soldiers of World War II—the 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Military Intelligence Service—originated in Hawai‘i mo...

  • Nima Voices: Episode 12—Kristen Nemoto Jay

    Apr 11, 2023

    FREE Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories. Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief, but enlightening, int...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Supports a New Executive Order that Addresses Racial Inequity

    Feb 28, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) supports President Biden’s signing of Executive Order 13985. Known as the Executive Order on Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities through the Federal Government, the legislation addresses systemic barriers that hold communities of color back from prosperity. The executive order establishes a new annual process requiri...

  • Nima Voices: Episode 11—Sergio Hernández Galindo

    Feb 07, 2023

    FREE [Spanish only] Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project sharing stories and the experiences of Nikkei around the world. “Nima” are members of the Discover Nikkei online community. Hailing from all around the world, they each bring unique experiences and perspectives to the site’s rich archive of stories. Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief, but e...

  • Bringing An American Vocabulary: Words to Action into the Classroom

    Jan 21, 2023

    FREE Join visual artist Audrey Chan, rapper jason chu, and the JANM Education Unit for this free, in-person educator workshop on bringing An American Vocabulary: Words to Action into the classroom. Chan and chu’s collaborative project An American Vocabulary: Words to Action consists of twenty-one multilingual flash cards that illustrate the four themes of ancestor, voice, persistence, and care through the port...

  • Irei: National Monument for the WWII Japanese American Incarceration Launch

    Sep 25, 2022

    PLEASE NOTE: This event is NOT sold out. To accommodate all visitors, this event requires timed tickets. Please select your time slot for your visit by clicking “other times” and selecting desired time. You may also email Public Programs for your reservation at publicprograms@janm.org FREE Museum admission must be purchased separately. Please check-in with Visitor Services at the front desk before t...

  • Kelli-Ann Nakayama Named Chief Development Officer at the Japanese American National Museum

    Sep 01, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has appointed Kelli-Ann Nakayama as the Museum’s new chief development officer. Nakayama has more than twenty years of professional nonprofit fundraising experience, with a specialty in capital campaigns and major/principal gifts. She provides leadership to the Museum's national philanthropic funding strategies, including membership, individual and ins...

  • TRANSCENDIENTS: Heroes at Borders A Contemporary Art Exhibit by Taiji Terasaki

    Jan 21, 2020

    Los Angeles, CA–Celebrated multi-media artist Taiji Terasaki is hard at work on his next exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), in remembrance of the 78th anniversary of Japanese American concentration camps in World War II. On February 19,1942 President Roosevelt signed an executive order that authorized the unconstitutional incarceration of American citizens and residents. TRANSCENDIENTS: Heroe...