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  • Musician June Kuramoto to be Celebrated in Program of Music at JANM on October 19

    Sep 23, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – In Japanese, Ichigo Ichie translates to “One chance, one opportunity.” This is the theme of the Arigato event, a program celebrating the noted koto musician and 2024 NEA National Heritage Fellow June Kuramoto on Saturday, October 19, 2024, at 2 p.m. in the Tateuchi Democracy Forum at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM). Tickets are $50 ($40 for JANM Members) and are available at janm.org/ev...

  • JANM Pop-Up at the Segerstrom

    Jun 07, 2023

    As co-presenter of Defining Courage, JANM brings select groundbreaking exhibitions to Orange County! EXPLORE THESE FREE POP-UP EXHIBITIONS The Interactive Storyfile of Lawson Iichiro Sakai—Use AI to converse with 442nd Regimental Combat Team veteran Lawson Iichiro Sakai (1924-2020). A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami—Explore a young teen’s correspondence and drawings created in the...

  • 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...

  • Allied with Japanese America: New Stories of Supporters during World War II

    Dec 08, 2018

    If you missed the symposium, you can watch one of the sessions with filmmaker Kimiko Marr and author/professor Scott Kurashige online on JANM’s YouTube channel. FREE During World War II, many people defended Japanese Americans living under martial law in Hawaii. Others supported Japanese Americans in the US military, those behind barbed wire in America’s concentration camps, and families trying to ...

  • "HELLO! EXPLORING THE SUPERCUTE WORLD OF HELLO KITTY" EXHIBITION CATALOG NOW AVAILABLE

    Nov 19, 2014

    The catalog for the Japanese American National Museum’s Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty exhibition is now available for purchase at the JANM Store and online at janmstore.com. It is priced at $30. Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty is the first large-scale museum retrospective of the iconic Sanrio character in the United States. The exhibition combines an extensive survey o...

  • ‘PORTRAITURE NOW: ASIAN AMERICAN PORTRAITS OF ENCOUNTER’ OPENS AT JANM MAY 11

    Apr 22, 2013

    Los Angeles—The Japanese American National Museum is pleased to present Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter from May 11 through September 22, 2013. Portraiture Now is a collaboration between the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program who have mounted the Smithsonian’s first major showcase of contemporary Asian American portraiture. Through the wo...

  • NATIONAL MUSEUM TO MARK 10TH YEAR OF CORE EXHIBITION 'COMMON GROUND' ON JAN. 25

    Jan 20, 2009

    The Japanese American National Museum will commemorate 10 years of its programs and projects since the opening of its Pavilion in 1999, beginning with a special event focused on its core exhibition, Common Ground: The Heart of Community, set for Sunday, January 25, 2009, at 1 p.m. at the National Museum in Little Tokyo. The program, "10th Anniversary of the Opening of Common Ground: The Heart of Community", will l...

  • Communities Transformed: Families from Seattle Share Stories of the Internment

    Jan 21, 2006

    The incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II affected families in ways both unique and similar. For this program, three authors of books exploring the impact of these events on individuals, families, and communities in the Pacific Northwest discuss their work in an insightful panel presentation. Varied in style, authors Mary Matsuda Gruenewald, David A. Neiwert, and Toshiko Shoji Ito share poignant ...

  • Boyle Heights: The Power of Place—Project

    The Boyle Heights Project was designed to serve as a model for the collaborative research and documentation of community histories and experiences. The project and its programs are instructive for museums that want to work in partnership with the communities they serve and with other organizations. Why did the Japanese American National Museum initiate this project? The Japanese American National Museum ha...

  • Tatau: Marks of Polynesia - Venues

    Tatau: Marks of Polynesia originated at the Japanese American National Museum and was on display July 30, 2016–January 22, 2017. The exhibition is now traveling to other venues. See below for information about confirmed venues and dates. Interested in booking this exhibition? Learn More TRAVELING EXHIBITION SITES Current/Upcoming Venues Please check back for upcoming venues. Past Venue...