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JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation and will reopen in late 2026. While the museum and store are closed, join us for programs and events on our Little Tokyo campus, throughout Southern California, and beyond. 

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  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Dec 30, 2017

    Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with JANM docents. $12 members, $15 non-members. Museum admission included. Comfortable walking shoes recommended. Weather permitting. Limited to 20 participants.

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Dec 23, 2017

    Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with JANM docents. $12 members, $15 non-members. Museum admission included. Comfortable walking shoes recommended. Weather permitting. Limited to 20 participants.

  • Jewelry Workshop—The World of "Washi": Introductory Class

    Dec 16, 2017

    Washi is a traditional Japanese handmade decorative paper that dates back to the seventh century. Unlike machine-made paper from wood pulp, washi is made from the inner bark of plants such as mulberry, bamboo, wisteria, and hemp. The intertwining of fibers results in paper that is strong, durable, washable, and acid-free. Its thin, smooth, soft surface can be printed with vivid colors and complex designs. In t...

  • Film Screening—I Am Not Your Negro by Raoul Peck

    Dec 12, 2017

    FREE One of the most acclaimed films of 2016 and an Oscar nominee for Best Documentary, I Am Not Your Negro envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin’s original words, spoken by Samuel L. Jackson, with a flood of rich archival material. Q&A to follow screening. Presented in partnership with PBS SoCal.

  • Film Screening and Discussion—"Moving Walls: American Nightmare to American Dream"

    Dec 09, 2017

    Join us for the LA premiere of a new documentary about what became of the barracks built to house 11,000 Japanese Americans at Heart Mountain concentration camp. The film features interviews with former prisoners as well as the people who live in and use the structures today. Filmmaker Sharon Yamato is also the author of the recently updated book, Moving Walls: The Barracks of America’s Concentration Camps, wh...

  • Origami with Ruthie Kitagawa: Holiday Wreath and Cards

    Dec 09, 2017

    Get ready for the holidays and make cards and a wreath using origami techniques. $12 members, $15 non-members. Supplies and admission included. Limited to 10 participants.

  • 70 YEARS LATER: THE LESSONS OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066

    Feb 15, 2012

    By Gordon Yamate and Seth Gerber The 70th anniversary of Executive Order 9066 marks one of the saddest tragedies of our great country: the compulsory expulsion from their homes and false imprisonment of Americans of Japanese ancestry on U.S. soil during World War II. The signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin Roosevelt on Feb. 19, 1942, is often seen as the first domino to fall in a chain of xenophobi...

  • NATIONAL MUSEUM NAMES G.W. KIMURA AS NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Jan 20, 2012

    The Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum announced today the hiring of G.W. (Greg) Kimura, Ph.D., as its new Chief Executive Officer. The appointment concludes an extensive national search begun last August. "Dr. Kimura brings a unique set of leadership skills, intellect and experience to the CEO position along with his unbridled passion for the Museum’s mission," explained Gordon Yamate, Cha...

  • 'TWICE BOMBED, TWICE SURVIVED' FILM TO BE SCREEN JANUARY 21

    Jan 18, 2012

    The gripping documentary, "Twice Bombed, Twice Survived: The Doubly Atomic Bombed of Hiroshima and Nagasaki", will be screened by the Japanese Americans National Museum on Saturday, January 21, beginning at 2 p.m. This program is sponsored by the Atsuhiko & Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation in partnership with the Japanese American National Museum. Hideo Nakamura’s film reveals a little known story connected to the ...

  • MUSEUM, IA&A TO PREMIERE 'FOLDING PAPER' EXHIBITION MARCH 10

    Jan 17, 2012

    The Japanese American National Museum is pleased to announce it will premiere the new exhibition Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami, an engaging, thought-provoking, and interdisciplinary look at the modern advances of origami through contemporary artworks, inventions, and videos. Folding Paper, organized in partnership with International Arts & Artists (IA&A), is on view at the National Museum begin...