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  • JANM Denounces Travel Ban

    Jun 06, 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 Japanese American National Museum (JANM) denounces the administration’s proclamation that bans citizens of twelve countries from traveling to the US. The ban disproportionately affects African and Muslim nations. Barring travellers based solely on c...

  • POSTPONED: Two-Day Beginners Workshop: Wonderful World of Washi

    Apr 01, 2023 - Apr 02, 2023

    EVENT UPDATEThis event has been postponed to a later date. The new date will be posted online as soon as it is determined.Thank you and apologies for any inconvenience caused. Explore the wonderful world of washi! In this class, participants will cover a variety of wooden beads with delicate washi, traditional Japanese paper. Participants will then combine those handmade beads with selective commercial beads and arra...

  • JANM’S KOKORO CRAFT BOUTIQUE SET FOR OCTOBER 6

    Aug 22, 2019

    Los Angeles, CA—The 11th annual Kokoro Craft Boutique, organized by volunteers at the Japanese American National Museum, will take place at the museum on Sunday, October 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Harpist Audrey Kato will perform throughout the day and Yuujou Daiko, a taiko performance group based in South San Gabriel, will perform at 11:15 a.m. Admission to the boutique is free. Kokoro Craft Boutique will feature ...

  • ZÓCALO—What Will California's Coastline Look Like in 2100?

    Jul 09, 2019

    A Zócalo/UCLA Downtown Event at JANM’s National Center for the Preservation of Democracy Moderated by Rosanna Xia, Environment Reporter, Los Angeles Times If state projections prove right, the sea level along California’s coast will rise 55 inches by the end of this century. That increase, which will be even higher during tidal floods and Pacific storms, would threaten the economies of the ...

  • JANM OPPOSES FORT SILL AS PRISON FOR IMMIGRANT MINORS

    Jun 14, 2019

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum adds its voice to the growing outcry against the Trump Administration’s intention to use Fort Sill, a former World War II incarceration site for people of Japanese ancestry, as a prison for unaccompanied minors who have fled their homes in countries south of the United States to seek asylum. The incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II was wrong,...

  • "KAIJU VS HEROES" BATTLES ON AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

    Feb 21, 2019

    Los Angeles, CA—Kaiju vs Heroes: Mark Nagata’s Journey through the World of Japanese Toys, which features hundreds of contemporary and vintage Japanese vinyl toys, has been extended on view at the Japanese American National Museum through July 7, 2019. The exhibition is included in regular admission to the museum. In conjunction with the exhibition’s extension, the museum will host a day-long separately ticketed Kaij...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM AND THE NIPPON FOUNDATION COLLABORATE ON RESEARCH ABOUT YOUNG NIKKEI AROUND THE WORLD

    Jan 30, 2019

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum is collaborating with The Nippon Foundation on a large-scale, global research project to learn how young people of Japanese ancestry (Nikkei) experience and express their Japanese heritage. This project, the first of its kind, aims to deepen the understanding of Nikkei communities in the Japanese diaspora, including their differences and similarities, and their ne...

  • JANM’S NEXT TARGET FREE FAMILY SATURDAY WELCOMES SPRING WITH ECO-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES

    Mar 04, 2015

    The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will continue its popular Target Free Family Saturdays series on March 14, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. General admission to the museum is free all day, giving families the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities as well as view its ongoing core exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community. Highlights of the day will include a strolling magic performance by J...

  • JANM SETS DATE AND THEME FOR 2015 ANNUAL GALA DINNER

    Dec 10, 2014

    The Japanese American National Museum will hold its annual Gala Dinner, Silent Auction, and After Party on May 2, 2015, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel and X Bar in Los Angeles. The evening’s theme will be To Boldly Go: Sharing Our Story Across the Generations; actor and activist George Takei will be honored with JANM’s Distinguished Medal of Honor for Lifetime Achievement and Public Service. To Boldl...

  • ENJOY IMAGINATION STORYTIME AT JANM’S NEXT TARGET FREE FAMILY SATURDAY

    May 20, 2014

    The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will continue its popular Target Free Family Saturdays series on June 14, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to the museum is free all day, giving families the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities as well as view current exhibitions. June’s Target Free Family Saturday will have a storybook theme and feature readings, interactive performances, photo opportu...