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  • “Cruising J-Town” Finale and Curator Tour

    Dec 14, 2025

    Celebrate the Japanese American community in Southern California car culture with the finale and last curator tour for JANM’s exhibition, Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community. Join the drop-in tour with exhibition curator Oliver Wang at 12 p.m. and stay for other special events including short documentary film screenings and more!

  • Japanese American Innovators from ArtCenter’s Transportation Design Program

    Nov 08, 2025

    Join JANM and ArtCenter for a panel that looks at the roles that Japanese American alumni from ArtCenter’s vaunted Transportation Design Program have played in shaping auto design over the last sixty years. The Transportation Design Program has produced generations of influential Japanese American designers that include Bud Sagano and Larry Shinoda (GM) in the 1950s, Tom Matano (Mazda) in the 1970s, Jon Ikeda (Honda/...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Offers Free Weekday Admission for LAUSD Students During Staff and Teacher Strike

    Mar 21, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – Beginning today, Tuesday, March 21, 2023, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will offer free weekday admission to all Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) students and their chaperones for the duration of the LAUSD staff and teacher strike. During the week, JANM is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 11 a.m.–5 p.m., and Thursdays from 12 p.m.–8 p.m. The Museum is closed on M...

  • JANM PRESENTS TRANCENDIENTS COMMUNITY CELEBRATION: CHALLENGING BORDERS

    Feb 14, 2020

    Los Angeles, CA–The Transcendients Community Celebration: Challenging Borders, a free one-day event, kicks off on Saturday, March 7 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Japanese American National Museum. The community celebration offers music, dance, art, speaker series, and hands-on activities along with artist Taiji Terasaki’s groundbreaking collaboration with the Japanese American National Museum, Transcendients: Her...

  • Target Free Family Saturdays - A World of Percussion: Shake, Rattle & Bang!

    Nov 11, 2006

    This summer the National Museum debuts four wonderful days created especially for families. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. A World of Percussion: Shake, Rattle & Bang! Rhythm is universal and so is the joy found in a day filled with a shake, rattle, and a bang. Kids of all ages can make their own...

  • “Ansel Adams at Manzanar” Features over 50 Vintage Prints of Life in World War II Concentration Camp

    Oct 06, 2006

    Ansel Adams at Manzanar features the original work of one of America’s most famous photographers, who, during World War II, documented life in an American concentration camp. This exhibition opens at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, November 11, 2006, and will run through February 18, 2007. Organized by the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Ansel Adams at Manzanar includes more than 50 vintage prints from t...

  • Workshop: "Raise Your Voices: Shaping Democracy in the Classroom" (part 1 of 3)

    Feb 04, 2006

    February 4, 2006, 10:00am-3:00pm Mitchell Museum of the American Indian Evanston, IL The first of three FREE workshops for middle-school teachers (grades 6-8). Lane credit and/or CPDUs available. Don't miss this unique opportunity to work with professional development specialists from the Center for Cultural Understanding and Change at The Field Museum and Cultural Connections partner museums to consid...

  • Public Program and Book Signing cosponsored by the Embassy of Japan, the Smithsonian

    Nov 01, 2003

    Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C. Scholars from Brazil, Canada, and the United States will discuss two new landmark publications that explore the current status of Nikkei in the Americas as well as common attributes Nikkei share, especially in terms of the family, the position of women, religion, education, politics, and economics. For more information, please contact ...

  • From Bento to Mixed Plate at National Museum of Ethnology (Osaka, Japan)

    Apr 19, 2001 - Aug 28, 2001

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION National Museum of Ethnology Osaka, Japan Following its successful international debut in Okinawa, From Bento to Mixed Plate will continue its travel throughout Japan with its opening at the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka. This exhibition has been re-designed for the Japanese speaking visitor to share the historical and personal stories of Hawai‘i’s AJA (Americans of Japanese ancest...

  • Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami - Activities

    Gallery ActivitiesGive origami a try with hands-on activities in the galleries that will give you an opportunity to learn how origami has connections to art, math, and more!Make or take a paper crane to share wishes for peace, hope, and longevityFold an origami penguin like the one displayed in the exhibitionTry your hand at modular origamiPut your math skills to use with some simple origami math Exhibition VideosA s...