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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 Free Family Days: Handy Crafts

    Jul 09, 2016

    FREE ALL DAY Inspired by Above the Fold, this Family Day will explore origami and other fun handmade crafts. ALL DAY ACTIVITIES: Learn to fold a paper frog at Ruthie’s Origami Corner—a JANM favorite! Visit our various origami stations to work on projects at the skill level of your choice. There will be beginning, intermediate, and advanced stations available. We will even have a pop culture...

  • "Above the Fold" Exhibition Tour

    Jun 25, 2016

    Join curator Meher McArthur for an in-depth gallery tour. Limited to 25 participants. Free with museum admission. RSVPs are strongly recommended using the link below.

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Jun 25, 2016

    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.

  • 2016 V3 Digital Media Conference (V3con)

    Jun 24, 2016 - Jun 25, 2016

    Friday, June 24 – Saturday, June 25 JANM is pleased to host the 2016 edition of the V3 Digital Media Conference (V3con), dedicated to digital communications within the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. This year’s event will highlight and expand multi-platform Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communications by convening AAPI online journalists, social media communicators, bloggers, and o...

  • Author Discussion and Activist Panel—"Serve the People" by Karen L. Ishizuka

    Jun 18, 2016

    If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. Serve the People: Making Asian America in the Long Sixties tells the story of the social and cultural movement that knit disparate communities of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans into a political identity. Drawing on more than 120 interviews and illustrated with striking images from guerrilla publications, the book...

  • Members Only Meet and Greet with Karen L. Ishizuka

    Jun 18, 2016

    Members are invited to an exclusive pre-event reception with Karen Ishizuka prior to the public discussion about her book, Serve the People: Making Asian America in the Long Sixties. Space is limited. RSVP by June 13 to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

  • Two-Day Craft Workshop—Indigo and Shibori in the 21st Century

    Jun 18, 2016 - Jun 19, 2016

    Saturday, June 18–Sunday, June 19 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Enjoy two days of indigo dyeing with a focus on learning how the dye takes to different textiles. Shibori techniques to be explored include arashi, itajime, and nui, as well as combined and invented techniques. Material kits will include handouts, threads, and many types of vintage kimono silks as well as some cottons, bamboo, hemp, and other natural fibers. Sa...

  • Members Only Exhibition Tour: "Above the Fold"

    Jun 18, 2016

    Join Above the Fold: New Expressions in Origami curator Meher McArthur for an in-depth gallery tour. Limited to 25 members. RSVP to memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646. Photo: Jiangmei Wu, Ruga Swan, 2014. Photo courtesy of Alyssa Hockenberry.

  • RICHARD MURAKAMI PRESENTED MIKI TANIMURA OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER AWARD FOR 2008

    Aug 05, 2009

    The Japanese American National Museum presented its Miki Tanimura Outstanding Volunteer Award for 2008 to Richard Murakami at its annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon in the Aratani Central Hall earlier this year. Murakami, who has been involved in several areas in support of the National Museum, including fundraising, photography and outreach, was presented the highest volunteer honor bestowed by the institution...

  • NATIONAL MUSEUM SETS SUMMER FESTIVAL AUG. 15, 2ND SHINODA, GIANT ROBOT EXHIBITS

    Jul 28, 2009

    The Japanese American National Museum continues to mark its 10 years of work since it opened its Pavilion in 1999 with a free summer festival and the second shows by musician/artist Mike Shinoda and the magazine Giant Robot. The National Museum, which was founded in 1985 and opened to the public in a renovated historic building in 1992, expanded into its 85,000-square-foot Pavilion in January of 1999. The structur...