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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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  • Two-Day Craft Workshop—Indigo and Shibori in the 21st Century

    Aug 06, 2016 - Aug 07, 2016

    Saturday, August 6–Sunday, August 7 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Enjoy two days of indigo dyeing with a focus on learning how the dye takes to different textiles. Shibori techniques to be explored include arashi, itajime, and nui, as well as combined and invented techniques. Material kits will include handouts, threads, and many types of vintage kimono silks as well as some cottons, bamboo, hemp, and other natural fi...

  • JANM Free Family Days: What's Cookin'?

    Oct 10, 2015

    FREE ALL DAY Join us for a day of food and fun with a green/sustainability theme. ALL DAY ACTIVITIES: Decorate a re-useable lunch bag to take to school each day. Put your own unique designs on a re-useable water bottle. At Ruthie’s Origami Corner, learn how to make paper onigiri (Japanese rice ball treats). SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES: 12 p.m.–3 p.m.: Balloon Monsoon will make ...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Picture This!

    May 11, 2013

    Celebrate the openings of American Heroes: Japanese American World War II Nisei Soldiers and the Congressional Gold Medal and Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter at this very fun and educational Target Day! ALL DAY CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES: • Create a self-portrait that’s totally you! • Have your portrait taken and make a customized picture frame for it! • Mark your spot in history on our commun...

  • Supernatural

    Feb 09, 2013 - Mar 17, 2013

    Traditions are an integral part of every community. Some of these come from superstitions that our ancestors carried with them. Supernatural features the work of Audrey Kawasaki, Edwin Ushiro, and Timothy Teruo Watters—artists who have explored some of these otherworldly concepts, illustrating how traditional ideas have evolved and been adapted over time. Sponsors: Check out photos on our Facebook page. ...

  • "442: Live With Honor, Die With Dignity " a film by Junichi Suzuki

    Nov 11, 2010

    In honor of Veterans Day, this screening is FREE! During World War II, Japanese American soldiers of the 442nd Infantry Regiment fought not only the enemy but also prejudice and racial discrimination in the U.S. Theirs was an ironic situation, fighting for a country that had branded them as enemies. But these young men bravely volunteered and proven their loyalty as patriotic Americans. By the end of the war, the 4...

  • A Vision Shared: Shoji Sadao and Allegra Fuller Snyder on Isamu Noguchi and R. Buckminster Fuller

    May 04, 2006

    Isamu Noguchi and R. Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller were two pivotal figures in 20th century art and design. Nisei, Shoji Sadao, director emeritus of the Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, trustee of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation, and principal of architecture firm Fuller and Sadao, was introduced to Noguchi by Bucky Fuller when he was an architecture student at Cornell University. Founder, and first President, now Chairwoman o...

  • Japan after Perry

    Feb 06, 2005 - May 01, 2005

    The opening of Yokohama, Japan, to trade with the United States and Europe in 1859 ended more than two centuries of Japanese isolation and transformed the rural fishing village into a thriving international port. Documenting this early history of Japan's gateway to the world, artists produced colorful woodblock prints of city scenes, urbane residents, and harbor views, capturing this tumultuous era of Japan's transf...

  • New Pavilion Designed By Architect Gyo Obata Opens January 23 At Japanese American National Museum In Los Angeles

    Jan 23, 1999

    The Japanese American National Museum, the premiere institution dedicated to sharing the Japanese American experience, opened its new Pavilion under the theme, "Celebrating the American Experience", with special ceremonies, performances, workshops, and a gala dinner that drew 35,000 people over four days in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo Historic District. Part of a $45-million expansion and development project, the 85,...

  • CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM, SELF HELP GRAPHICS TO JOIN JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM AS “FINDING FAMILY STORIES” PARTNERS

    Jan 01, 1999

    LOS ANGELES—The California African American Museum, the Chinese American Museum and Self Help Graphics & Art, Inc. have agreed to become participants in Finding Family Stories, a three-year arts partnership project organized by the Japanese American National Museum and funded in its second phase by the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department. The three institutions will work with the Japanese American National Mus...

  • Eyewitness: Stan Honda

    Following the devastation of the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001, photojournalist Stan Honda’s extraordinary images of dazed, dust-enveloped victims riveted the public’s attention to the covers and pages of national magazines and newspapers. Honda relates the aftermath of 9/11 to the unconstitutional incarceration by the U.S. government of Japanese Americans during World War II. His photographs of cam...