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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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  • Members Only Learning at Lunch: Masumoto Family Farm

    Mar 07, 2020

    Bring your brown bag lunch and join us as we explore connections between Japanese American experiences and California farming. Special guest Nikiko Masumoto will bring objects from the Masumoto Family Farm, share stories of learning to work with her jiichan’s tools, and pose questions about how the objects that tie us to the land inform how we construct meaning through food. JANM Collections staff will also show a...

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    May 05, 2018

    Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Included with museum admission.

  • Member Appreciation Days

    Nov 25, 2016 - Nov 27, 2016

    Friday–Sunday, November 25–27, 2016 JANM members always enjoy a 10% store discount and free admission to JANM. On this special weekend, take advantage of a 20% discount at the JANM Store and janmstore.com, plus free admission and a 20% store discount at 17 participating Southern California institutions. New participants this season will include Palm Springs Art Museum, who will join returning favorites s...

  • Kollaboration EMPOWER Conference

    Nov 11, 2016 - Nov 12, 2016

    Friday, November 11 – Saturday, November 12 At the EMPOWER Conference, young Asian Pacific Islander professionals from all over the country are invited to learn directly from some of the community’s most inspirational leaders. Attendees will be able to explore a variety of creative career paths and industries, as well as best practices to apply toward making their dreams a reality. The conference will in...

  • Members Only Family History Workshop

    Aug 08, 2015

    JANM members and their children, grandchildren, parents, and/or grandparents are invited to explore their family history together in this new workshop inspired by the Sugar/Islands exhibition. After a brief tour of the exhibition, your family will create sun prints using one or two family photos that you bring along (photos will not be damaged) and family records that will be prepared for you ahead of time. ...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Pop Culture

    Nov 10, 2012

    FREE ALL DAY! Join us for a day of free family fun and craft projects inspired by the exhibition Giant Robot Biennale 3. November’s theme is Pop Culture! Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. ALL DAY CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES: • Create a colorful pop culture collage • Make a cardboard robot using a v...

  • Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival

    Jun 12, 2010

    The Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival is a fiscally sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts, and every year brings together film and book lovers, innovative and emerging artists, and Mixed families for two days of workshops, readings, film screenings, a children's event and a live performance. The Festival has showcased many talented filmmakers, writers, and performers including Rebecca Walk...

  • One Way or Another - Gallery Talk

    Mar 29, 2008

    Gallery talk with curator Karin Higa and artists Kaz Oshiro and Glenn Kaino. Left: Glenn Kaino Graft (salmon) 2006 Shark skin, thread, salmon skin, plastic 36 x 12 x 4 in. Collection of the artist Photograph SJK, courtesy of The Project, New York

  • 1st & Central Summer Concerts: MC Rai and DJ Nnamdi

    Jul 06, 2006

    FREE 6:30 PM - DJ Nnamdi 7:00 PM - MC Rai A dynamic live performer, Tunisian-born singer-songwriter MC Rai joins traditional North African rhythms and melodies with urban beats to create new compositions in which the ancient and modern converge. Shattering simplistic stereotypes, his music will delight longtime fans of North African music and captivates new listeners. KPFK 90.7 FM's DJ Nnamdi to open. Free. Spons...

  • Award Winning Illustrator and Children's Author Allen Say Reads “Tea With Milk” at Japanese American National Museum Sunday, Aug. 8

    Aug 01, 1999

    LOS ANGELES—Allen Say, winner of the 1994 Randolph Caldecott Medal for most distinguished picture book for children and the Boston Globe—Horn Book Award for outstanding illustration, will read and sign his latest book, Tea With Milk, on Sunday, August 8 at 1 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum. On Sunday, August 22 at 4 p.m., the Museum Book Store will host a drawing for a signed and framed Tea With Milk po...