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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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  • The Importance of Telling the Japanese American Resisters’ Story

    Apr 27, 2024

    Join us to honor Dr. Takashi Hoshizaki, a Heart Mountain resister and a board member of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation (HMWF). As a US citizen, he was incarcerated without due process, turned eighteen while behind barbed wire, and resisted the draft stating, “I will fight if you restore my rights.” Convicted of draft resistance in 1944, he spent two years in federal prison and was pardoned by President Truman ...

  • Virtual Educator Workshop—Teaching the Youth Experience of JA WWII Incarceration

    Apr 11, 2024

    Join the JANM Education Unit for this free virtual educator workshop exploring the daily lives of young Japanese Americans who came of age in America’s concentration camps. During World War II, over 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were unjustly incarcerated in American concentration camps—approximately one third were children. Through photographs, personal stories, and artifacts from JANM’s collection, learn stra...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of Alan Nishio

    Jan 03, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of Alan Nishio. A lifelong educator and community activist, Nishio was a prominent voice in efforts to ensure that the Japanese American experience is never forgotten, and a founding leader, board member, and trusted advisor to numerous Little Tokyo organizations. Born in Manzanar concentration camp in 1945, Nishio began his politica...

  • The Democracy Center Celebrates Civic Season with a Dance Performance and More on June 24, 2023

    Jun 02, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (the Democracy Center) at JANM celebrates Civic Season (Juneteenth–July 4) with a dance performance and more on Saturday, June 24, 2023 from 4 p.m.–7 p.m. on the JANM Plaza. This event is free and open to the public; RSVPs are recommended and can be made at janm.org/events/calendar. Civic Season unites America’s newest and oldest federal holid...

  • Transpacific Borderlands

    Sep 17, 2017 - Feb 25, 2018

    Español | 日本語 | Português Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo will examine the experiences of artists of Japanese ancestry born, raised, or living in either Latin America or predominantly Latin American neighborhoods of Southern California. The exhibition is part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a Getty-led initiative exploring Latin American...

  • MIXED: PORTRAITS OF MULTIRACIAL KIDS BY KIP FULBECK TO PREMIERE MARCH 20

    Mar 12, 2010

    A new exhibition, Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids by Kip Fulbeck, featuring over 70 framed photographic images of children of multiple racial heritage and their statements or drawings, will premiere at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, March 20, with activities from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibition runs through September 26, 2010. Organized by the National Museum and Kip Fulbeck, an award-win...

  • 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...

  • AUTHOR CATHY IRWIN TO DISCUSS PLIGHT OF MANZANAR ORPHANS ON MARCH 21

    Mar 14, 2009

    Author Cathy Irwin will relate stories from her new book, Twice Orphaned: Voices from the Children’s Village of Manzanar, and will discuss the history with some of the orphans forced to live in a government-run World War II concentration camp in a public program set for Saturday, March 21, beginning at 2 p.m., at the Japanese American National Museum. Thousands of Japanese Americans were unlawfully forced to leave...

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

    Contested Histories: Art and Artifacts from the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection originated at the Japanese American National Museum and was on display January 7 – April 8, 2018. The pop-up display is now traveling to other venues. See below for information about confirmed venues and dates. Please check back for updated schedule. Interested in booking this display? JANM is currently looking for locations in the cen...

  • In The Future We Call Now: Dreams of Democracy, Realities of Racism

    JANM’s New Core Exhibition—Coming in 2026Explore over a century and a half of Japanese American history in the United States to consider the choices our country has made in the past—and the choices we all make today to build the future we want to pass down.The centerpiece of JANM’s ongoing renovation, In The Future We Call Now: Dreams of Democracy, Realities of Racism will feature never-before exhibited artifacts and...