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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 2025 Member Appreciation Days

    May 05, 2025 - May 11, 2025

    Find the perfect gifts for the kids and moms in your life during Member Appreciation Days this year! JANM Members will receive a 20% discount at janmstore.com during Member Appreciation Days from Kodomo no Hi (Monday, May 5) through Mother’s Day (Sunday, May 11).Since the physical JANM Store is closed during the renovation of the Pavilion building, we have extended the usual three days to a week of savings on qualif...

  • LA Asian Pacific Film Festival at JANM

    May 01, 2025 - May 07, 2025

    Celebrate with Visual Communications as they present the 41st edition of the VC Film Fest (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival) from May 1–7, 2025. The festival is the premier showcase for the best and brightest of Asian Pacific cinema and has presented over 5,000 films, videos, and digital mediaworks by Asian and Pacific Islander artists since 1983.The Democracy Center at JANM is excited to be one of the LAAPFF ...

  • JANM Announces the 2025 Toshizo Watanabe Democracy Fellowship Recipients

    Apr 10, 2025

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces the recipients of the 2025 Toshizo Watanabe Democracy Fellowship. This fellowship is a yearlong professional development program designed for emerging leaders from Japan across sectors. It advances global democracy and strengthens ties between the United States and Japan by promoting democratic values. It also fosters understanding and cooperati...

  • JANM Calls for Restoration of Contributions of People of Color on US Department of Defense Websites

    Mar 19, 2025

    Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is gravely concerned and disheartened by the ongoing efforts to erase the contributions of people of color to US military history from the US Department of Defense websites. This includes erasing the contribu...

  • Democracy Center to Host the Smithsonian’s National Conversation on Race March 28

    Mar 12, 2025

    Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. Speakers will explore models for equitable recovery from LA wildfires.LOS ANGELES, CA – The Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will once again host the Smithsonian’s Nation...

  • Films of Remembrance

    Mar 08, 2025

    Films of Remembrance is the premier showcase of films commemorating the forced incarceration of Japanese Americans in American concentration camps during World War II, presented by the Nichi Bei Foundation. JANM is excited to be hosting some of the screenings on March 8. Please visit the Films of Remembrance website for film descriptions, to purchase an All-Day Pass or individual screening tickets, and to view screen...

  • 2025 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance

    Feb 15, 2025

    The annual Los Angeles Day of Remembrance commemorates the signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Executive Order 9066 authorized the US military to forcibly remove persons of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast and set into motion their incarceration into concentration camps during World War II. During JANM on the Go we are pleased to partner with the Los Angeles ...

  • JANM Book Club Hosts Conversation on Tritia Toyota’s New Book about Shin Issei Women

    Jun 06, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) and UCLA will present a conversation with Tritia Toyota and Valerie Matsumoto about Toyota’s new book, Intimate Strangers: Shin Issei Women and Contemporary Japanese American Community, 1980–2020, at JANM on Sunday, June 23, 2024 from 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Tickets are $16 ($9 for seniors and students, free for JANM Members) and are available at janm.org/events...

  • The Oath of the Sword—Film Screening and Discussion

    May 28, 2023

    JANM presents the premiere screening of the recently restored silent film The Oath of the Sword at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles. Once thought to be lost, this 1914 film by the Japanese American Film Company was recently rediscovered by scholar Denise Khor at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York. When Masao leaves Japan to study at UC Berkeley, he also leaves his lover, Hisa, who i...

  • Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo—Venues

    Pictures of Belonging is an exhibition produced by the Japanese American National Museum. It is traveling to various sites across the country before being on view at JANM in 2026. See below for information about venues and dates. TRAVELING EXHIBITION SITES Current/Upcoming Venues Smithsonian American Art MuseumNovember 15, 2024 – August 17, 2025Smithsonian American Art Museum8th and G Streets NWWashington, DC 20004We...