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  • Defining Courage at UC Berkeley

    Apr 04, 2025

    Friday, April 4 • 8 p.m.University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley, CA Defining Courage is a journey into the legacy of the Nisei Soldier—Japanese Americans who served in the segregated units of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service, and 522nd Field Artillery Battalion. Produced and narrated by ABC7-Los Angeles news anchor and filmmaker David Ono, Defining Courage h...

  • Members Only Virtual Conversation: A Life in Pieces

    Aug 14, 2021

    All JANM Members are invited to an exclusive Members Only virtual conversation with JANM’s VP of Exhibitions and Art Director Clement Hanami, writer/filmmaker Sharon Yamato, actor Kurt Kanazawa, and Emblematic's founder and CEO Nonny de la Peña. They will discuss the virtual reality video created for A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami. This program is FREE for all members, but RSVPs are requ...

  • Museum Store Sunday

    Nov 29, 2020

    FREE GIFT WITH PURCHASE OF $20 OR MORE! We are celebrating the fourth annual Museum Store Sunday on November 29 by offering a special gift with purchases over $20! Get a FREE mixed set of Allen Say’s Tree of Cranes holiday cards. Enjoy six each of his two signature illustrations (a total of 12 cards) from the Caldecott Award-winning artist’s very special holiday book. On November 29, 2020, when you purch...

  • JANM’S ANNUAL OSHOGATSU FAMILY FESTIVAL SET FOR JANUARY 8, 2017

    Dec 01, 2016

    The Japanese American National Museum will hold its annual Oshogatsu Family Festival on Sunday, January 8, 2017, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The New Year celebration will include free crafts, performances, and cultural activities for people of all ages to help ring in the Year of the Rooster. Highlights of the day will include demonstrations of the ancient art of candy sculpting, sample bowls of lucky zaru soba fo...

  • JANM EXHIBITION TO SHOWCASE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM WWII FARM LABOR CAMPS

    Aug 22, 2016

    The Japanese American National Museum will present Uprooted: Japanese American Farm Labor Camps During World War II, a traveling exhibition featuring the work of Farm Security Administration photographer Russell Lee in Oregon and Idaho, from September 27, 2016, to January 8, 2017. During World War II, the United States government forcibly removed over 120,000 Japanese Americans from the Pacific Coast. These in...

  • 2023 Lexus Opportunity Drawing

    Congratulations to JANM Charter Members George and Jane Iwanaga of Ranchos Palos Verdes, California! They are the winners of JANM’s 2023 Lexus Opportunity Drawing and are receiving a brand new 2023 Lexus RX 500h. Thank you to everyone who purchased drawing tickets that added to the success of our event. Funds raised will support JANM’s educational programming and outreach. For details about the RX 500h, ...

  • Research & Collections

    JANM is the first museum in the United States dedicated to sharing the experience of Americans of Japanese ancestry as an integral part of US history. Since its inception in 1985, the Japanese American National Museum has chronicled more than 130 years of Japanese American history—from the first Issei generation through the World War II incarceration to the present day.

  • Year of the Rabbit - Activities

    In addition to the original drawings & paintings, comic books, toys, and other Usagi Yojimbo items, the exhibition will include some special features created especially for the exhibition! Plus, check out the Year of the Labbit Custom Show presented in conjunction with the exhibition. View a short video produced for the exhibition! The museum’s award-winning Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center has produc...

  • Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past in Los Angeles

    December 1–17, 2023 Three downtown Los Angeles museums present a collaborative series of public programs in connection with the Smithsonian initiative The initiative explores the history and legacy of race and racism and seeks to spark positive social change and build a more equitable shared future. With programs that range from symposia and panel discussions to films, food, and family activities...

  • Moving Images Collection

    The Japanese American National Museum has published a trove of rare home-movie footage from the Museum’s historic collections on its Discover Nikkei website. This online collection includes rare home-movie footage of over 330 film clips about the daily lives of Japanese Americans from the 1920s through the 1960s including poignant footage from America’s World War II concentration camps. Drawn from the Nationa...