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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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  • 2019 Natsumatsuri Family Festival

    Aug 10, 2019

    Join us for our annual summer celebration featuring Japanese and Japanese American performances, crafts, and activities. Plus, free admission all day to see At First Light: The Dawning of Asian Pacific America and Common Ground: The Heart of Community. Special perks available for JANM members! Be sure to check in at the front desk to get a member sticker so you can take advantage of the perks highlighted below....

  • Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day

    Sep 22, 2018

    Free admission to JANM all day! In the spirit of the Smithsonian Museums, which offer free admission every day, JANM is offering FREE admission all day as part of the annual Museum Day event.

  • "Uprooted" Lecture and Panel Discussion

    Dec 17, 2016

    Exhibition curator Morgen Young will moderate a panel discussion with Nisei James Tanaka, Tohoru Isobe, and Albert Komatsu, who will provide firsthand accounts of living and working in the farm labor camps. Young will also provide insights into the creation of the farm labor program, the national need for sugar beet labor, and Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographer Russell Lee, whose documentation of the c...

  • 8th Annual Kokoro Craft Boutique

    Oct 02, 2016

    Organized by JANM’s volunteers, the eighth edition of this annual boutique will feature dozens of vendors selling unique jewelry, kimono fabric fashions, Giant Robot merchandise, handbags, ceramics, origami and glass art, dog fashions, and more! Taiko performance by Yuujou Daiko at 1 p.m. Proceeds benefit JANM’s education programs. Admission to the boutique is free. Museum admission is "Pay What You Wish." Mak...

  • Edible Adventures: Little Tokyo Markets, Then and Now

    Jun 12, 2016

    Prior to World War II, Japanese immigrants grew and sold 75 percent of all fresh produce consumed in Los Angeles. Their produce was sold at such outlets as the Grand Central Market, which opened in 1917. By 1940, Japanese American farmers grew 95 percent of the fresh snap beans and celery, 67 percent of the fresh tomatoes, and 44 percent of the dried onions in California. Join us for this historical walking t...

  • 2 Day Workshop! Into the Blue- Indigo Dyeing Then and Now with Shibori Girl

    Jan 21, 2012 - Jan 22, 2012

    January 21-22 The color of sky and sea, indigo is a gift of nature nourished by earth and sun and rain. Indigo is among the oldest of textile dyes and has been used throughout the world. Today, most indigo dye is synthetic. Shibori Girl has worked with both natural and synthetic indigo. She has visited and worked with one of the few remaining ai-shi (indigo dyers) in Japan who uses traditional dye methods to produc...

  • 'WELLNESS AS A GLOBAL SOLUTION: A LOOK AT KEIRO' PROGRAM SET FOR JANM SEPT. 18

    Sep 15, 2011

    The Japanese American National Museum’s award-winning Web site Discover Nikkei will present a special public program in collaboration with Keiro Senior HealthCare, "Wellness as a Global Solution: A Look at Keiro", on Sunday, September 18, beginning at 2 p.m. This year, Keiro marks its 50th Anniversary since its founding back in 1961 when it was organized to meet the needs of Japanese American seniors by providing ...

  • NATIONAL MUSEUM SETS 2011 ANNUAL GALA DINNER FOR APRIL 16 AT J.W. MARRIOTT HOTEL

    Jan 04, 2011

    The Japanese American National Museum announced that its 2011 Annual Gala Dinner and Silent Auction set for Saturday, April 16, 2011, at the J.W. Marriott Hotel at L.A. LIVE, will have the theme, "Continuing Family Stories: The Expanding Nikkei Community." The gala dinner, the largest fundraising event for the National Museum, will highlight some of the contributions and stories of Nikkei in the post-World War II ...

  • NATIONAL MUSEUM FETES PAVILION DONORS, FORMER CEO IRENE HIRANO AT ANNUAL DINNER

    May 19, 2009

    The Japanese American National Museum honored a group of its donors who contributed to the construction of its Pavilion and its former President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Irene Hirano who retired after 20 years at its 2009 Annual Gala Dinner, "The Pavilion: Home, Community, History—Celebrating Ten Years of Building a Legacy", held on Saturday, April 25, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel. Over 1,000 att...

  • AUTHOR OPPENHEIM TO DISCUSS BOOK, 'STANLEY HAYAMI, NISEI SON' NOV. 15

    Nov 07, 2008

    Author Joanne Oppenheim will discuss her latest book, Stanley Hayami, Nisei Son, featuring the contents of Hayami’s 96-page diary he kept from 1941 to 1944 at a special public program set for Saturday, November 15, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. Hayami’s diary is preserved in the collection of the National Museum. It has been made more accessible through the National ...