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  • Angel Island’s Hidden History: WWII Detention of “Enemy Aliens”

    Oct 18, 2025

    Join JANM and the Nikkei Genealogical Society for an in-depth guide to Angel Island’s hidden history during World War II. Historian and genealogist Grant Din, co-curator of the exhibit Taken From Their Families, will illuminate the experiences of nearly 700 Japanese immigrants temporarily detained at Angel Island’s Fort McDowell before transfer to other camps. As a former director of Community Resources for the An...

  • Fall into Reading with JANM Book Club’s “Monster Maker” on November 15

    Oct 16, 2025

    PSAWHAT:Join author Debbi Michiko Florence and artist Mark Nagata for a special reading of Monster Maker: The Strange Creatures of Mark Nagata.WHEN:Saturday, November 15, 2025, from 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m.DETAILS: Following the reading will be a conversation with:Maria Kwong, JANM’s Director of Retail Enterprise and curator of Kaiju vs Heroes, the exhibition that first connected the Debbi to Mark.Debbi Michiko Florence, aut...

  • From the Street to the World: Legacies of the Import Car Scene

    Aug 30, 2025

    Dive into the world of import tuners with a panel discussion about the roots of the import car scene, beginning with its earliest emergence in the 1970s through the explosion of interest in the 1980s through 2000s.Cruising J-Town exhibition curator Oliver Wang will be in conversation with a range of panelists including Robert Jung, founding member of the Nikkei racing club Westside Racing Association; Tim Mochizuki, ...

  • National Day of Action to Defend History News Conference and Rally Comes to Little Tokyo Aug. 23

    Aug 18, 2025

    Media AdvisoryWHAT:A National Day of Action news conference and community rally to defend the truth of World War II Japanese American incarceration history. Survivors of World War II incarceration camps along with community activists and allies will join to defend the accurate presentation of history in America’s National Parks and to honor the people and places that shape our past.The event is supported by organizat...

  • 「ディスカバー・ニッケイ」フェス：日系グローバル・コミュニティー20周年記念

    Feb 08, 2025

    ディスカバー・ニッケイは、サイト開設20周年を記念して、ニッケイ人の家族史をテーマにした終日イベントを開催します。「ディスカバー・ニッケイ」は、ニッケイ人のアイデンティティや文化、歴史を紹介する全米日系人博物館のグローバル＆コミュニティ・プロジェクトです。このイベントは、1年間にわたる20周年記念イベントの幕開けとなります。コミュニティフェア（12 p.m.–3 p.m.）：ニッケイ団体インフォブース、クラフト、抽選会、スタンプラリー（無料、事前登録を推奨しています）家族史ワークショップ（12 p.m.–3 p.m.）： ジャーナリング、ビデオライフヒストリーインタビュー、ニッケイ家系図入門、思い出の品々の保存、詩のワークショップ、シニアの思い出の記録ニッケイ家族史・パネルディスカッション（3:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.）： 【モデレーター】ナオミ・ヒラハラ；【パネリスト】ミチ・ホンマ（米国）、アンドリュー・ハセガワ（...

  • JANM Presents The Oath of the Sword at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on May 28, 2023

    May 08, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present the premiere screening of the recently restored 1914 silent film The Oath of the Sword at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles, on Sunday, May 28, 2023, at 2 p.m. PDT. Tickets are $5 ($4 for members of the Academy Museum or JANM) and are available at academymuseum.org/calendar. Once thought to be lost, the sole surviving prin...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Welcomes Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

    Apr 18, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) welcomes Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a lively roster of events. More information and tickets for the events are available at janm.org/events. More information and tickets for the exhibition, Don’t Fence Me In: Coming of Age in America’s Concentration Camps, are available at janm.org/dont-fence-me-in. Don’t Fence Me In: Comin...

  • Contested Histories: Art and Artifacts from the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection

    Apr 08, 2022 - Apr 10, 2022

    Complementing the Noguchi Museum's exhibition ‘No Monument: In the Wake of the Japanese American Incarceration,’ the Japanese American National Museum brings ‘Contested Histories: Art and Artifacts from the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection’ to The Noguchi Museum for one weekend, April 8–10, 2022. Reservations are free, and include full admission to The Noguchi Museum. This collection of art and craft objects ...

  • Under a Mushroom Cloud

    Nov 09, 2019 - Jul 25, 2021

    To commemorate the upcoming 75th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese American National Museum presents Under a Mushroom Cloud: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Atomic Bomb, organized in partnership with the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Through March 1, 2020, the exhibition will include a special display of artifacts belonging to atomic bomb victims. On August 6, 1945, the B-29 Enol...

  • Allen Say’s Journey

    Jul 28, 2000 - Feb 11, 2001

    Allen Say’s Journey: The Art and Words of a Children’s Book Author is the first retrospective exhibition of the art of Allen Say, award-winning children’s book author and illustrator. His drawings, watercolor paintings, and prose explore themes of longing, belonging, and the meaning of “home.” Through the internal conflicts of his characters and their search for identity and self-discovery, one can glimpse into Say’s...