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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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  • JANM’s “Our Promise” Comprehensive Campaign Virtual Briefing

    Sep 22, 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...

  • JACL 2023 National Convention Film Series

    Jul 19, 2023 - Jul 23, 2023

    The 53rd JACL National Convention with the 2023 theme, “Rooted in Community,” is hosting a film series in the Tateuchi Democracy Forum at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy. Join us for a sunny, lively, and invigorating event in the heart of Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo. The film series is only available to full convention registrants and day pass attendees. Register for the day pass or email JANM...

  • Glenn Kaino: Aki’s Market Opens June 30, 2023

    Jun 26, 2023

    WHAT: Join JANM for the opening of Aki’s Market, a uniquely personal exhibition featuring new work by acclaimed multimedia artist and filmmaker Glenn Akira Kaino. Visitors can immerse themselves in the virtual reality world of the small neighborhood market in East Los Angeles and explore a space of collective memory where the archival bleeds into the imaginary and the most advanced technology serves the most persona...

  • Delicious Little Tokyo 2023: Shib Sibs Book Signing

    Jun 24, 2023

    FREE Maia and Alex Shibutani—U.S. Olympians and published authors—will be signing copies of their books Amazing: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Inspire Us All and Kudo Kids series. Books will be available to purchase on the day of the event or you can order in advance from the JANM Store. Delicious Little Tokyo celebrates the legacy businesses of Little Tokyo! Learn more about all the activ...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Decries Racist Rhetoric Against Dominic Ng and Congresswoman Chu

    Mar 07, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) decries Congressman Lance Gooden’s racist and anti-Asian remarks that questioned the loyalty of Dominic Ng, CEO of East West Bank, and Congresswoman Judy Chu’s loyalty to the US. Recently, Gooden discussed President Biden’s appointment of Ng to lead the country’s trade interest in Asia during a televised interview. He and other House Republicans wrote...

  • Sincerely Miné Okubo at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival

    Feb 25, 2023

    Sincerely Miné Okubo will be screening at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival, which will be held from February 23–March 5, 2023. This short biographical film is one of five films that are part of the festival’s program, Through the Generations: Japanese American and Canadian Stories. This film focuses on the artistic span and career of Miné Okubo, a Japanese American artist known for her graphic memoir Citiz...

  • Art Break with Miye Sugino

    Jan 12, 2023

    FREE Join Miye Sugino, JANM 30 Under 30 Changemaker, for a virtual workshop exploring memory, loss, and reclamation. Using various techniques, we will deconstruct photographs to examine memory as fallible, and reconstruct them to explore how we might gain a sense of agency over this loss. Whether your photographs are in relation to family, history, or childhood, this workshop is about wrestling with loss in order ...

  • Art Break with Keila Sachi Gaballo

    Dec 08, 2022

    FREE Join Keila Sachi Gaballo, JANM 30 Under 30 Changemaker, for a virtual workshop exploring the connections between storytelling, mindfulness, and creativity. Together, participants will reflect on the picture book Ikigai: Life's Purpose by Chiemi Souen and Flor Kaneshiro and create a simple collage to set intentions as we get ready to enter the new year! The workshop will use supplies easily found around your h...

  • Art Break with Kristi Lin

    Oct 27, 2022

    FREE Join Kristi Lin, JANM 30 Under 30 Changemaker, for a virtual workshop exploring how the art of weaving can be used to honor both Japanese American traditions and new ideas. Kristi will teach a traditional Japanese weaving technique blended with a contemporary practice–a weaving of the past and present! The workshop will use supplies easily found around your home and is open to all ages. Kristi Mieko Lin is...

  • Virtual Educator Workshop—Teaching the Japanese American WWII Experience Through Art

    Oct 13, 2022

    FREE Back by popular demand! Join the JANM Education Unit for this free virtual educator workshop on using art to teach the Japanese American WWII incarceration experience. JANM's collection of art includes thousands of individual pieces as well as large bodies of work by artists such as Miné Okubo, Henry Sugimoto, Hisako Hibi, and others. Join educators from across the country to learn about the lived experien...