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  • JANM Condemns Antisemitism and Islamophobia

    Mar 13, 2026

    Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) condemns the recent antisemitic attack on the Michigan synagogue and the Islamophobic speech from Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville. We cannot allow the normalization of antisemitism, Islamophobia, or acts of ...

  • JANM Condemns Plans to Convert Warehouses into Large-Scale Immigrant Detention Centers

    Mar 13, 2026

    Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) denounces plans of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to purchase warehouses across the country and convert them into large-scale immigrant detention centers that could hold thousands of people ...

  • Echoes of History: Inspiring Civic Action and Building Democracy

    Jan 23, 2026

    Join the Democracy Center at JANM and meet the thinkers, artists, organizers, and civic leaders confronting authoritarianism today. Hear from keynote speakers Agnès Callamard of Amnesty International, Robert Evans of the Behind the Bastards and It Could Happen Here podcasts and Glenn Kaino, an acclaimed contemporary artist. Panelists include JANM President and CEO Ann Burroughs, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet ...

  • JANM is Deeply Concerned by the Shooting of Renee Good and Ongoing Escalation of Force in Minneapolis

    Jan 16, 2026

    Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is deeply concerned and saddened by the ongoing escalation of intimidation tactics and force that led to the killing of Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a poet, writer, wife, mother, and US citizen, in Minneapolis,...

  • 2026 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Horse

    Jan 11, 2026

    Celebrate the New Year and welcome the Year of the Horse during the Japanese American National Museum’s 2026 Oshogatsu Family Festival at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center! The 2026 festival includes free crafts, performances, and cultural activities for all ages.Traditional mochitsuki (Japanese rice pounding ritual) performance by Kodama TaikoCandy sculpture demonstrations by Shan Ichiyanagi (Shan th...

  • The Democracy Center Invites the Community to Share Their “Wish for America” Ahead of Nation’s 250th Birthday

    Nov 05, 2025

    Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) invites the community to view wishes for America in the Historic Building display window next to the Democracy Cent...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Welcomes Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

    Apr 18, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) welcomes Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a lively roster of events. More information and tickets for the events are available at janm.org/events. More information and tickets for the exhibition, Don’t Fence Me In: Coming of Age in America’s Concentration Camps, are available at janm.org/dont-fence-me-in. Don’t Fence Me In: Comin...

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

    Apr 08, 2022 - Apr 10, 2022

    Complementing the Noguchi Museum's exhibition ‘No Monument: In the Wake of the Japanese American Incarceration,’ the Japanese American National Museum brings ‘Contested Histories: Art and Artifacts from the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection’ to The Noguchi Museum for one weekend, April 8–10, 2022. Reservations are free, and include full admission to The Noguchi Museum. This collection of art and craft objects ...

  • Hinamatsuri Workshop: "Kokeshi" Doll Art with Mari Inukai

    Feb 29, 2020

    SOLD OUT In celebration of Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day), paint your own prince and princess kokeshi doll set with artist Mari Inukai. Bring pictures of your favorite flowers and textile samples as reference material to paint your doll’s kimono. All generations welcome! Limited to 10 participants, however, to encourage collaboration, guests who wish to work together may sign up as a single participant; each particip...

  • Becoming a Family Sleuth

    May 17, 1997

    Workshop for Kids ages 9-12 Kids—explore the excitement of uncovering hidden stories about your own family history! Learn to gather clues from old pictures, attic antiques, and life stories. This interactive workshop will provide hands-on training for children interested in doing oral history. This is the first in a series of two workshops (see June 14 description) and requires the completion of a homework assignm...