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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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  • "Eclair: For Our Future, For Children" Screening

    Nov 10, 2012

    FREE ADMISSION! In 1943, the dark shadow of war is sneaking up and about to change everything. After losing his parents at a very early age, Akio lives his life in and out of the orphanage and reformatory. He encounters people like Detective Toyama who saves him from hunger by giving him a sweet pastry, the White Satan at the reformatory, his foster mother Fusano, Tomiko from the cinema, and people from the to...

  • "Manzanar Fishing Club" DVD Release Event

    Oct 28, 2012

    Special meet & greet session with Manzanar Fishing Club director Cory Shiozaki and writer Richard Imamura before the official release on October 30th. Purchase copies of the DVD and get them signed before it's available anywhere else!

  • Kidding Around in the Kitchen Family Cooking Class: Fall into the JANM Comfort Foods

    Oct 24, 2009

    Please note that this class has been canceled. In this hands on class we will make some family friendly comfort foods celebrating the change of season and weather (we hope). Come with an empty stomach and an appreciation of seasonal cooking. We will tackle soups and chowders, fall sandwiches and some quick but delicious desserts. $25 members (for one child & one adult); $35 non-members, includes Museum admissio...

  • Taiko Jam Session with Hydaiko Taiko

    May 18, 2003

    Participants will have an opportunity to play taiko and learn about the origins and traditions of the big drum.

  • Taiko Jam Session with Hydaiko Taiko

    Feb 16, 2003

    Participants will have an opportunity to play taiko and learn about the origins and traditions of the big drum.

  • Taiko Jam Session with Hydaiko Taiko

    Jan 19, 2003

    Participants will have an opportunity to play taiko and learn about the origins and traditions of the big drum.

  • Cold Tofu Improv

    Sep 21, 2000

    Join the Museum for an evening of laughs with the multi-talented and entertaining improv group Cold Tofu.

  • Come Visit JANM

    Come Visit the Japanese American National Museum (right behind you)Get $2 off admission if you mention the code BASEBALL or show this screen. Museum Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday–Sunday: 11 a.m.–5 p.m.; last entry is at 4 p.m.Thursday: 12 p.m.–8 p.m.; last entry is at 7 p.m.Closed Monday and in observance of Juneteenth (6/19), Fourth of July, Indigenous People’s Day, Election Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New...

  • Collections Access

    Accessing the Permanent Collection The over 150,000 objects that comprise the JANM permanent collection chronicle the Japanese American experience in its entirety from early immigration to the present. Artifacts related to early immigration to the United States at the turn of the 20th century, early life in Japanese American communities, and the World War II incarceration experience and military service are streng...

  • Hisako Hibi Collection

    (96.601, 98.138, 99.63) Includes sixty-three oil paintings painted by artist Hisako Hibi at Tanforan Assembly Center in California and Topaz concentration camp in Utah from 1942 to 1945. Subjects include various daily activities, still lifes, and landscapes. Born Hisako Shimizu in Fukui, Japan in 1907, Hibi came to the United States in 1920 with her parents. In 1925, when the rest of her family returned to Japan, ...