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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...

  • JANM Decries Remarks by Czech President Petr Pavel Minimizing the Incarceration of Japanese Americans

    Jun 16, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) decries the recent comments by Czech President Petr Pavel that minimized the incarceration of people of Japanese descent in the US during World War II and suggested that Russians living abroad today should be subjected to similar treatment. In an interview with Radio Free Europe on Thursday, Pavel said that Russian nationals living abroad should be “m...

  • Premiere of the Remastered HITO HATA: RAISE THE BANNER

    Oct 22, 2022

    FREE Join us for the premiere of a remastered version of HITO HATA: RAISE THE BANNER (4k Restoration), a groundbreaking film by Robert A. Nakamura and Duane Kubo that had its World Premiere more than 40 years ago. A talkback with the filmmaking team will follow the screening. The 4k Restoration is funded by the National Film Preservation Foundation, with additional support from funders of the VC Archives (Arata...

  • Author Discussion—"American Sutra" by Duncan Williams

    Feb 23, 2019

    If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War by Duncan Williams FREE Duncan Ryuken Williams, a Soto Zen Buddhist priest and Director of the USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture, will speak about his new book, American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom During the S...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM TRAVELS “CONTESTED HISTORIES” TO SEATTLE

    Sep 13, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum will travel its pop-up display of the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection, which was saved from the auction block in 2015 through the efforts of Japanese American community leaders and activists, to NVC Hall in Seattle. The display will be free and open to the public on November 24 and 25, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. While conducting research for a book about art a...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM COLLECTIONS MANAGER SELECTED FOR SMITHSONIAN VISITING PROFESSIONALS PROGRAM

    Aug 28, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—Kristen Hayashi, the Collections Manager at the Japanese American National Museum, has been selected for the Smithsonian Affiliations Visiting Professionals Program (VPP) for 2018. Along with nine other professionals from across the Smithsonian Affiliates network, Hayashi will spend two weeks in Washington, DC, exploring programmatic uses of digital technology with art collections. With support fro...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM RECEIVES GRANT FROM FREEMAN FOUNDATION

    Jun 21, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum has received a $300,000 grant from the Asian Arts and Culture Educational Funding Initiative of the Freeman Foundation. The funding will help support JANM’s educational programming and will facilitate free admission for primary- and secondary- school students who might not otherwise have the opportunity to visit JANM. For over 25 years, the Freeman Foundation h...

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

    Jan 07, 2018 - Apr 08, 2018

    Now Traveling!Check the Venues page to see where the pop-up display is traveling.Interested in booking this display? JANM is currently looking for locations in the central valley of California, San Diego county, and parts of Arizona. Download the Contested Histories travel fact sheet or email Clement Hanami at chanami@janm.org for more information. Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed W...

  • JANM CELEBRATES 2013 LITTLE TOKYO NISEI WEEK WITH AUG. 10 ‘NATSUMATSURI FAMILY FESTIVAL’

    Jul 29, 2013

    Los Angeles—The Japanese American National Museum is pleased to present its 15th Annual Natsumatsuri Family Festival on Saturday, August 10, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. One of the Museum’s most popular and well-attended family events, the Festival features a slate of unique cultural crafts, activities, and performances in conjunction with Little Tokyo’s 2013 Nisei Week festivities. The event is free and open to the public...

  • ‘VISION, VALUES, VOICES’ THEME FOR NATIONAL MUSEUM’S 2013 ANNUAL GALA DINNER ON APRIL 13

    Mar 26, 2013

    Los Angeles, CA - The Japanese American National Museum will present its 2013 Gala Dinner, Silent Auction, and After Party on Saturday, April 13, 2013 at the recently-renovated Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Century City. This year’s Dinner theme, Vision, Values, Voices, will highlight how the National Museum’s work has successfully shared the first-person voices and evolving perspectives from the Japanese Amer...