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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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  • JANM to Open Contested Histories: Preserving and Sharing a Community Collection on October 19

    Sep 04, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present the exhibition, Contested Histories: Preserving and Sharing a Community Collection, on view from October 19, 2024 – January 5, 2025. The online press gallery is available at janm.org/press/images/contested-histories. During World War II, Japanese Americans incarcerated in America's concentration camps demonstrated their resilience, ingenuity...

  • Giant Robot × JANM Konbini 2

    Aug 31, 2024

    Join JANM and the artists of Giant Robot once again for an art market at the Museum! Playing on the idea of the konbini or Japanese convenience store, which stocks everything from snacks to household supplies, this Art Konbini will feature art prints, zines, pins, and more! 2 p.m.: Join James Jean and Eric Nakamura in conversation around art and community. Included in event admission. Seating is first come, first ser...

  • 2024 Obata Art Weekend in Yosemite

    Aug 30, 2024 - Sep 01, 2024

    Join JANM at Obata Art Weekend in Yosemite National Park and celebrate the extraordinary life of Japanese American artist Chiura Obata, including his watercolor and woodblock prints of Yosemite and his writings on “Great Nature.” This weekend will include artist workshops, guest speakers, ranger talks, interactive art, and a special exhibition of Obata’s Yosemite works.All are welcome at this event but advanced reser...

  • Nikkei Uncovered IV: a poetry reading

    Aug 22, 2024

    Join us for our fourth annual virtual poetry reading with a powerful lineup of poets previously featured in Discover Nikkei’s Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column, hosted by traci kato-kiriyama, author of Navigating With(out) Instruments. Featured poets are Christine Kitano, Mia Ayumi Malhotra and Matthew Mejia.

  • JANM on the Go will Bring Special Exhibitions, Public Programs throughout Greater LA and Beyond in 2025 and 2026

    Aug 21, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces JANM on the Go, the Museum’s lively schedule of special exhibitions, public programs, family festivals, education programs, and more on the JANM campus, throughout Little Tokyo, the greater Los Angeles area, Southern California, and across the US and Japan. “JANM is a cornerstone of the Little Tokyo community and a powerhouse on the national and...

  • J. T. Sata Exhibition: Curator Tour with Dennis Reed and Robert Hori

    Aug 17, 2024

    Join exhibition curator Dennis Reed and Robert Hori, associate director of Cultural Programs at the Huntington, for a walkthrough of JANM’s exhibition, J. T. Sata: Immigrant Modernist. The exhibition comprises sixty photographs by J. T. Sata, photographs of Sata’s concentration camp paintings and drawings, and family artifacts from camp. Reed will talk about Sata’s photography and legacy as well as the process of cur...

  • 2024 Natsumatsuri Family Festival

    Aug 10, 2024

    FREE ALL DAYJoin our annual summer celebration featuring free cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages!Performances by Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko and East LA TaikoBook readings with Nadine Sachiko HsuSouvenir photos by cre8tive outletsFun summer-themed crafts and origamiScavenger hunt for prizesAnd so much more! Plus, free admission all day to see all of our exhibitions Giant Robo...

  • Celebrating Little Tokyo at 140 Years

    Aug 10, 2024 - Jan 05, 2025

    Celebrate Little Tokyo’s 140th anniversary with JANM and other Little Tokyo community organizations with the new pop-up exhibit, Celebrating Little Tokyo at 140 Years, now on view in JANM’s Manabi and Sumi Hirasaki National Resource Center through January 5, 2025.The display explores the anniversary’s theme, “Celebrating Our Legacy. Persevering for Our Future.” Highlights include artifacts and items from Koharu resta...

  • One Fighting Irishman Premieres at JANM on October 28, 2023

    Oct 24, 2023

    Media Advisory WHAT: Filmmaker Sharon Yamato will premiere her new film, One Fighting Irishman: Wayne M. Collins and the Tule Lake Segregation Center, with narration by George Takei. Running time: 30 minutes. Film not rated (profanity). Parental discretion is advised. WHEN: Saturday, October 28, 2023 from 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m. DETAILS: This special event will feature a conversation following the screening ...

  • Smithsonian Exhibition on Implicit Bias Comes to JANM on November 18, 2023

    Oct 02, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Bias Inside Us, a nationally touring exhibition about implicit bias, will be on view at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) from November 18, 2023–January 28, 2024. Presented by JANM’s National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) and organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), the exhibition discusses the social science and psyc...