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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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  • Edible Adventures: Buddhist Obon and Carnival Food

    Jul 14, 2019

    SOLD OUT Get an insider’s view of the Buddhist temples in Little Tokyo and their roles in the past and today. Learn about the various obon festivals and carnivals they host and the foods that are part of them. This tour includes visits to Koyasan Beikoku Betsuin, Higashi Honganji, and the Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple (also known as Nishi Hongwanji), culminating in an Obon Carnival lunch at Nishi Hon...

  • Little Tokyo Community Fort Sill Protest

    Jun 27, 2019

    Join representatives of several community organizations located in or aligned with Little Tokyo on the JANM Plaza to protest the White House’s plans to use Fort Sill in Oklahoma as a detention center for immigrant children and Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s detention practices in general. We are demanding an end to the inhumane conditions at ICE facilities, an end to family separation policies, and...

  • Navigate Networking with Vanna Novak

    Apr 25, 2015

    The JACL National Youth/Student Council and Japanese American National Museum are proud to present, Navigate Networking with Vanna Novak. This unique program is perfect for eager Japanese American and Asian Pacific Islander college students and young professionals, entering the workplace in any and all work industries. Vanna Novak is a nationally recognized keynote speaker and seminar leader on persuasive presentatio...

  • "Go For Broke!"

    Jun 02, 2013

    Screenings will be held at 12PM and 2PM. Originally released by MGM in 1951, Go For Broke! tells the story of the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Join us for a viewing of this classic film.

  • "Mountains That Take Wing – Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama "Co-directed by C.A. Griffith & H.L.T. Quan

    Feb 04, 2012

    Mountains That Take Wing – Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama is an award-winning, inspiring, historically rich and unique documentary featuring conversations that span thirteen years between two formidable women who share a profound passion for justice. Through conversations that are intimate and profound, we learn about Davis, an internationally renowned scholar-activist and 88-year-old Kochiyama, a revered grassroots ...

  • Private Member’s Exhibition Tour: Gokurosama

    Feb 14, 2009

    A special private member's only tour of the new exhibition Gokurosama: Contemporary Photos of the Nisei in Hawaii. By invitation only.

  • 1st & Central Summer Concerts: Chicha Libre and Etran Finatawa

    Sep 25, 2008

    1st & Central 2008 closes with a global dance party featuring the West Coast debut of Brooklyn-based Chicha Libre and the desert sounds of Niger’s Etran Finatawa. Don’t leave home without your dancing shoes as Latin rhythms, surf music, and psychedelic pop inspired by Peruvian music from the Amazon share the stage with driving guitar riffs that will transport you deep into the heart of the Sahara.

  • GIANT ROBOT BIENNALE ART EXHIBITION KICKS OFF NEW JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM SERIES NOV. 3

    Oct 12, 2007

    The Japanese American National Museum will begin a new series of collaborative exhibitions entitled Salon Pop by presenting Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues, developed in collaboration with Eric Nakamura of Giant Robot and running from November 3, 2007 through January 13, 2008. The exhibition is being sponsored by the Imprint Culture Labtm, with additional support by the James Irvine Foundation and Scion. An opening r...

  • 2ND SUNDAY FOR FAMILIES

    Dec 09, 2001

    Flavors from Home: Multicultural Holiday Foods and Recipes Enrich your holidays with culinary traditions that originated in other lands. Celebrate the rich diversity of the holidays through the foods that are passed from one generation to another here in the United States. Join us as we savor and learn about traditional holiday foods from around the world. Toshi Koshi Soba - For hundred of years, the Japane...

  • Exhibition-Related Discussion for "The Heart Mountain Story" at the Japanese American National Museum April 17

    Apr 17, 1999

    A very special roundtable discussion for the exhibition The Heart Mountain Story, moderated by curator Mamoru Inouye and including panelists Bill Hosokawa, Mike Mackey, and Grace Schaub, will be held at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, April 17 at 1 p.m. During World War II, over 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry were incarcerated without due process and placed in concentration camps around t...