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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 Thank You Reception

    Dec 13, 2025

    SOLD OUT! This event is sold out, but you can add yourself to the wait list in case there are any cancellations. Join us for a toast as we thank you for your support during this historic moment in JANM’s history! Learn more about Members’ impact and contributions to JANM through the decades and hear about updates on the renovation of JANM’s public galleries. Exciting changes are in store!Speaking of new things in s...

  • Statement by the JANM Board of Trustees on the Defense of History, Democracy, and Civil Rights

    Feb 11, 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) was founded by the Japanese American community as a beacon for civil rights and democracy, ensuring that the injustices faced by Japanese Americans during World War II are never repeated against any other gro...

  • JANM Congratulates the New Leadership of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus

    Dec 05, 2024

    Editor’s note: JANM’s Pavilion to close for renovation on January 5, 2025; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) congratulates the new leadership of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) in the 119th Congress. The Museum applauds US Representative Grace Meng for being elected to serve as t...

  • JANM to Celebrate Final Weeks of Core Exhibition Common Ground on November 23

    Nov 13, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will celebrate its longtime core exhibition, Common Ground: The Heart of Community, with an afternoon of festivities that highlight over 140 years of Japanese American history on Saturday, November 23, 2024, from 12 p.m.–5 p.m. PT. In honor of Common Ground, admission will be $6 ($5 seniors, $3 students and youth 6–17, free for JANM Members and children),...

  • JANM Presents a Special Taiko Performance with On Ensemble on October 21, 2023

    Oct 05, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – On Ensemble, one of the most respected ensembles in the taiko world, will perform at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) on Saturday, October 21, 2023 from 8 p.m.–11 p.m. On 22 : Twenty-Two Years of Creativity will be the group’s only Los Angeles performance in 2023. Tickets are $45 ($40 for JANM members) and are available online at janm.org/events. Established in 2002 by childhood fri...

  • Glenn Kaino: Aki’s Market Opening Celebration

    Jun 30, 2023

    FREE Join us for the opening of Aki’s Market, a new and uniquely personal project by acclaimed multimedia artist and filmmaker Glenn Akira Kaino. Visit this new exhibition for free, explore the museum, and dance to beats by DJ Melo-D of the Beat Junkies. Food and ice cream available for purchase from food trucks Savage Taco and Moom Maam. Glenn Kaino: Aki’s Market is inspired by Akira and Sachiye Shiraishi’s sm...

  • JANM PRESENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO GO BENEATH THE SURFACE OF "PERSEVERANCE"

    May 28, 2014

    The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has scheduled two gallery talks, a film-related lecture, and an artist Q-and-A in conjunction with its current exhibition, Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World. A groundbreaking show exploring the often under-appreciated history of Japanese tattoo art and its influence on contemporary Western and Japanese tattoo culture, Perseverance welcomed hundred...

  • PROF. GREG ROBINSON TO DISCUSS LATEST BOOK, 'A TRAGEDY OF DEMOCRACY', ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24

    Oct 03, 2009

    Respected historian and author Greg Robinson will read excerpts from his latest book, A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America, and will discuss what newly discovered materials he found and how it affects his view of history at a public program set for Saturday, October 24, starting at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. While the story of the unconstitutional mass...

  • GOKUROSAMA EXHIBITION FEATURING PORTRAITS OF SECOND GENERATION JAPANESE AMERICANS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 14 OPENING

    Jan 29, 2009

    The Japanese American National Museum will open the traveling exhibition, Gokurōsama: Contemporary Photographs of the Nisei in Hawai‘i, a collection of recent images of Japanese Americans who were born before World War II, on Saturday, February 14, 2009, in its Pavilion in Little Tokyo, and running through May 24, 2009. This exhibition is on loan from the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i. Beginning in 2002...

  • Kaiju vs. Heroes

    Two short films produced for the Kaiju vs Heroes: Mark Nagata’s Journey through the World of Japanese Toys exhibition. In the Clutches of Kaiju A portrait of the artist/toy collector Mark Nagata. Directed by Akira Boch and Evan Kodani 2018 7 minutes Nagata 360: A Collecting Mind We invite you to a virtual reality view of artist Mark Nagata’s studio. Get a glimpse into the habitual details of a...