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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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  • Members-Only Viewing for J. T. Sata: Immigrant Modernist

    Mar 16, 2024

    J. T. Sata: Immigrant Modernist presents sixty vintage photographs by this innovative Issei artist, accompanied by selected images representing his World War II era concentration camp paintings and drawings. JANM welcomes all current members for an exclusive program with insights from exhibition curator Dennis Reed and former Director of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies David Stricklin. Enjoy light refreshme...

  • Our Promise Launch Celebration

    Aug 05, 2023

    The Japanese American National Museum is amplifying its powerful voice. Our campus and programs showcase how Japanese Americans’ lives, experiences, and culture intersect and resonate with the experiences of marginalized communities in the United States. Our story is an American story. Our founders promised that the Museum would stand as a beacon of civil rights to ensure that what happened to Japanese Americans i...

  • Who Is My Neighbor? Allyship Then and Now

    Jan 28, 2023

    FREE Who advocated for Japanese Americans during World War II and what motivated them? What made them act when most didn’t? What are lessons we can learn from the past to become advocates and allies for those who are facing injustice now? In conjunction with the closing of the exhibition Sutra and Bible: Faith and the Japanese American WWII Incarceration, scholars and activists will join together to discuss all...

  • Museum Store Sunday 2022

    Nov 27, 2022

    On November 27, 2022, join us for the 6th Annual Museum Store Sunday! Museums foster appreciation and knowledge of art, nature, culture, science, and history. When you purchase a gift from the museum store, you help to sustain the museum’s service to their community and the public. Products found in museum stores are curated just like the works displayed in their respective institutions, with many items often develop...

  • Nikkei Uncovered III: a poetry reading

    Sep 15, 2022

    FREE Join us for our third annual virtual poetry reading with a powerful lineup of poets previously featured in Discover Nikkei’s Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column, hosted by traci kato-kiriyama (author of Navigating With(out) Instruments). This year, the poets were chosen to reflect on the theme of gathering. What does it mean to gather in a time of physical and social separation? How can poetry bring us...

  • Uprising: Reflections on ’92

    Apr 21, 2022

    FREE In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP On April 29, 1992, the day of the planned opening of the Japanese American National Museum, the four officers accused of violently beating Rodney King on video were acquitted leading to city-wide civil unrest. The museum’s opening in this moment of racial reckoning has shaped its history forever, much as the uprisings changed the story of all of Los Angeles. Josie Hua...

  • hapa.me – 15 years of the hapa project—JANM Store

    Purchase items related to the hapa.me exhibition from the JANM Store.

  • Jidai: Timeless Works of Samurai Art - JANM Store

    JANM members receive a 10% discount! Join or renew now

  • Toshiko Takaezu: The Art of Clay - JANM Store

    JANM members receive a 10% discount! Join or renew now

  • Gambatte! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit - JANM Store

    Merchandise from the JANM Store related to the “Gambatte! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit” exhibition.