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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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  • "A Jive Bomber's Christmas"

    Dec 06, 2001

    Enjoy this musical Christmas performance about a young Japanese American woman imprisoned in an American concentration camp during World War II. When her brother goes off to fight for the United States military in the segregated all Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team, she promises to keep the peoples' spirits up for the holidays. Cost: $12 for Museum members, $15 for non-members, $9 for Seniors/Students/G...

  • Flower Drum Song Theater Night

    Nov 27, 2001

    ANNUAL GIVING CIRCLES EVENT Annual Giving Circle members are invited to attend a new production of the beloved musical Flower Drum Song, in its first major revival since being produced on Broadway in 1958. This production, running at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, features a "substantially rewritten" book by acclaimed playwright David Henry Hwang and a performance by Lea Salonga in the role of Mei-Li. The pe...

  • Craft Class with Ryoko Shibata: Sumi-e (ink brush painting) cards

    Nov 24, 2001

    Craft Class with Ryoko Shibata: Sumi-e (ink brush painting) cards

  • Youth Culture in Boyle Heights: Past and Present

    Nov 18, 2001

    This program will explore past and present youth culture in Boyle Heights, one of Los Angeles' most dynamic and historic neighborhoods. This program is being held in conjunction with the Boyle Heights Project, a multiethnic and collaborative approach to documenting a Los Angeles neighborhood. The project is an initiative of the Japanese American National Museum, the International Institute of Los Angeles, the Jewish ...

  • "By Order of the President: FDR and the Internment of Japanese Americans"

    Nov 17, 2001

    On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which sparked the unconstitutional incarceration of 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry in U.S. concentration camps. What led FDR to sign this executive order which forever changed the lives of the inmates and their community? Greg Robinson, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Quebec at Montreal, has detailed in his book Ro...

  • JSN Career Seeking Event

    Nov 17, 2001

    Presented by Japanese Students Network This unique career event presented by the Japanese Students Network will offer college students an opportunity to meet and interact with leading Japanese and American corporations, not-for-profit organizations and student organizations. Admission is free to registered participants. To register and/or for further information, please contact www.jstudentnetwork.com.

  • 2ND SUNDAY FOR FAMILIES

    Nov 11, 2001

    The Wonderful World of Children's Books What makes a good children's book? How can parents, teachers and librarians introduce children to new and exciting worlds through reading? Join us for a fun and enlightening day that will help to inspire a life-long passion for reading! * Can You Top That?: Illustrating Children's Books With Hector Viveros Lee, author and illustrator of I Had a Hippopotamus and illus...

  • An American Son: The Story of George Aratani, Founder of Mikasa and Kenwood

    Nov 10, 2001

    Meet nisei entrepreneur George Aratani and author Naomi Hirahara as they share the inside story behind the making of An American Son, the inaugural publication of the Museum's American Profiles Series. This biography focuses on George Aratani's journey, which takes him from the fields of Guadalupe and Santa Maria, to the scorching deserts of Gila River, into the Military Intelligence Service, and out into the fast-pa...

  • Craft Class with Ryoko Shibata: Christmas ornaments

    Nov 10, 2001

    Craft Class with Ryoko Shibata: Christmas ornaments

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Nov 04, 2001

    The Little Tokyo community in Los Angeles was once a thriving residential, business, and cultural center of the largest Japanese American community in the United States until World War II. Relive history and learn about present day Little Tokyo with Museum Volunteer Bill Shishima. Comfortable clothes and shoes are recommended. Cost: $5 for Museum members, $11 for non-members (includes Museum admission).