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  • Nikkei Children’s Book Festival

    Sep 20, 2025

    Dokushyo no Aki means “fall is for reading,” expressing the sentiment that the cozy and short days of autumn are the best time to pick up a book. Jump into the reading season with our Nikkei Children’s Book Festival and celebrate the breadth and diversity of children’s literature across the Japanese American community. The festival will be full of author storytimes for kids, Q&As for adults, activities for all ages, ...

  • JANM Urges the Bureau of Land Management to Reconsider the Proposal to Erase Viewshed and Heritage of Minidoka National Historic Site

    Jun 10, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) urges the Bureau of Land Management to reconsider its proposal for the Lava Ridge Wind Project that would erase the viewshed and heritage of the Minidoka National Historic site in southern Idaho. If the proposal is approved, 241 wind turbines that are 660 feet tall would be built within view of the original site of the Minidoka concentration camp. “Bu...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of Raymond S. Uno

    Mar 11, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of the Honorable Raymond S. Uno. A nationally recognized civil rights and peace activist and retired Third District Court judge, Uno was the first person of color to ever serve as a judge in Utah. Born in Ogden, Utah, he and his family moved to El Monte, California, where he went to a segregated school. During World War II he and hi...

  • 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...