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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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  • May 2024 Member Appreciation Days

    May 10, 2024 - May 12, 2024

    Come shop at the JANM Store during Member Appreciation Days and receive a 20% discount on qualified store purchases as an appreciation of thanks for all of your support and patronage! Not a current JANM Member? Join Now Order Online! JANM will honor the 20% discount for online orders placed by current JANM Members at janmstore.com from May 10–12, 2024. To receive the special discount, enter the code MADNE...

  • 2023 Kokoro Craft Show

    Oct 22, 2023

    Celebrate and shop during the 15th Anniversary of the Kokoro Craft Show at JANM! This annual craft show is sponsored by the Friends of JANM and features fashion apparel and accessories, origami, bronze art, ceramics, gifts, handmade stationary, and baked goods from over sixty vendors. Shoppers who spend $25 or more will receive a 10% discount to local restaurants and enter into a drawing for a special prize ...

  • “Benkyodo: The Last Manju Shop in J-Town” and “Atomic Café”

    Sep 10, 2023

    Join us for the Los Angeles Premiere of Benkyodo: The Last Manju Shop in J-Town and a screening of ATOMIC CAFÉ: The Noisiest Corner in J-Town. Akira Boch and Tadashi Nakamura, the former and current directors of JANM’s Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center, directed these two short documentaries that explore themes of gentrification, displacement, and community power with humor and heart. Director Tadashi Nakamura wil...

  • Dave Roberts and Japanese American Dodgers Staff to Speak at JANM on July 29

    Jul 18, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present Beyond the Dugout: A Discussion with Japanese American Staff at the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday, July 29, 2023 from 11a.m.–12:30 p.m. in the Tateuchi Democracy Forum. Tickets for this special event are $25 ($20 for JANM Members). Tickets are available at janm.org/events/calendar. This dynamic conversation will feature World Series Cham...

  • Nima Voices: Episode 13—Alden Hayashi

    Jun 20, 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, intervie...

  • JANM Book Club: Miss Irwin with Allen Say

    Apr 22, 2023

    Free Join for a virtual launch of Caldecott Medal winner Allen Say’s newest book, Miss Irwin, that tells the story of memory and family. After the reading of the new book, Allen Say will be in conversation around the resonant themes of this book and the process of painting and creating this story. He will be joined by Lori Benton, Vice President and Publisher for Scholastic Trade Publishing and Say's long...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Presents Before They Take Us Away on April 15, 2023

    Apr 03, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present a live screening of Before They Take Us Away on Saturday, April 15, 2023 from 2 p.m.–4 p.m. Tickets are included in the price of admission to JANM ($16 for adults and $9 for seniors, students, and youth) and can be purchased at janm.org/events. Before They Take Us Away captures the previously untold stories of Japanese Americans who volunt...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Congratulates the Museum’s Governor, Richard Watanabe, on Being Named a AAAS Fellow

    Feb 14, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) congratulates Richard Watanabe on being named an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellow. Watanabe is a professor of population and public health sciences at the USC Keck School of Medicine and is the associate dean for health and population science programs. AAAS fellows are elected by their academic peers, and it is one of t...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Announces Ten New Board Members

    Aug 30, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has announced ten new members to its board of trustees and board of governors. Kristine Nishiyama and Dennis Sugino have been named trustees. Jennifer Hirano, Akemi Kondo Dalvi, Yuko Kaifu, Masatoshi Komoriya, David Mineta, Michele Miyakawa, Josh Morey, and Christopher Yang were named governors. “Our new board members bring a wealth of diversity and...

  • 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...