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  • William T Fujioka Named Chair of the Japanese American National Museum Board of Trustees

    Aug 25, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is proud to announce that William T Fujioka has been named chair of the JANM Board of Trustees. Fujioka is a third-generation Japanese American who started his forty-four-year career in public service working for the County of Santa Cruz while attending the University of California, Santa Cruz in the early 1970s. After graduating in 1974, he interned...

  • Premiere Screening and Q&A—No No Girl

    Aug 20, 2022

    FREE Join us for the Los Angeles community premiere of No No Girl, a new film about family history, secrets, and identity. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the cast and crew. Tickets to this program are sold out. Please use the RSVP link to sign up for the waitlist and we will notify you if space becomes available. Click for event press release

  • The Japanese American National Museum Extends BeHere / 1942 and Sutra and Bible Exhibitions

    Aug 18, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has extended the closing dates for two temporary exhibitions that offer new insights into the incarceration of Japanese Americans in American concentration camps during World War II. BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration will stay open through January 8, 2023. Sutra and Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarce...

  • For Every Generation: Recovering and Sharing Family Histories

    Aug 13, 2022

    FREE In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Exhibitions like Sutra and Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarceration are made possible by the dedicated efforts of family and community members who have preserved and researched their family’s histories and the objects, images, and documents that tell these stories. Join us as we learn from Dr. Gail Y. Okawa, Mitch Homma, Elizabeth Nishiura, ...

  • 2022 Natsumatsuri Family Festival

    Aug 13, 2022

    FREE Join us for the in-person return of the Natsumatsuri Family Festival, our annual summer celebration featuring free cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages! Plus, free admission all day to see all of our exhibitions: Be Here / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration, Sutra & Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarceration, The Interac...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Launches a New Digital Guide on Bloomberg Connects

    Aug 11, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – August 11, 2022 – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is proud to announce the launch of the Museum’s new digital guide on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and cultural mobile app created by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Museum’s digital guide features visitor information, current exhibitions, upcoming events and public programs, educational resources, membership opportunities, media a...

  • Sansei Rocker Symposium

    Jul 30, 2022

    FREE In Person Waitlist Virtual RSVP Join a panel of “Sansei rockers” as they discuss Harry Manaka’s book, Chronicles of a Sansei Rocker, which explores the dynamic Japanese American music and dance scene of the ’60s and ’70s. Tina Fujino, Gerald Ishibashi, David Honjio, and Harry Manaka will reunite in a conversation about community, history, and rock music, moderated by actress Brittany Ish...

  • JANM 30th Anniversary Digital Film Festival—Barbara Kawakami: A Textured Life

    Jul 29, 2022

    FREE The 2010 JANM exhibition, Textured Lives: Japanese Immigrant Clothing from the Plantations of Hawai`i, was born from a gift by Barbara Kawakami to JANM’s permanent collection of beautiful plantation-era clothing. Kawakami started her formal studies of these textiles and clothing at the age of 53. Now at 100, she is still a noted author, historian, and storyteller who has dedicated much of her life to ...

  • “REFLECTIONS/REFRACTIONS” LITERARY SHOW SET FOR JANM

    Aug 29, 2019

    Los Angeles, CA—In a special program organized by Visual Communications—the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts organization—and the Japanese American National Museum, ten locally based literary artists will perform original works inspired by media arts works featured in the ongoing VC Founders’ photographic exhibition, At First Light: The Dawning of Asian Pacific America on Thursday, September 19, in ...

  • JANM’S 2019 NATSUMATSURI FAMILY FESTIVAL OFFERS FREE FUN FOR EVERYONE

    Jul 24, 2019

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present its annual Natsumatsuri Family Festival on Saturday, August 10, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the summer celebration featuring Japanese and Japanese American performances, crafts, and activities is free. Craft activities will include origami, shave ice suncatchers, and JANM’s ever-popular paper hat making. Visitors will also be able to...