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  • Discover Nikkei Presents a Multilingual Virtual Program on Okinawan Drumming

    Feb 29, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – Discover Nikkei, a web project of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), will present the free virtual program Yeisaa nu Chimu-Don-Don: Exploring Cultural Identity through Okinawan Drumming on Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 3 p.m. PST. The program will be simultaneously translated in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. The registration deadline is Friday, March 8 at 10 a.m. PST. Registration is req...

  • Aki’s Market Extended Through February 11, 2024

    Jan 17, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has extended the exhibition, Glenn Kaino: Aki’s Market, through Sunday, February 11, 2024. Aki’s Market is inspired by Akira and Sachiye Shiraishi’s small neighborhood market (1957–1970) in East Los Angeles. Created by artist Glenn Akira Kaino (Akira’s grandson and namesake), the exhibition explores the transgenerational trauma from the World War II J...

  • 2023 Holiday M.A.D.ness—Member Appreciation Days

    Nov 24, 2023 - Nov 26, 2023

    We appreciate the support of JANM members and are thankful for your patronage! This year, seven museums and institutions, including JANM, are offering reciprocal 20% discount and free museum admission from Friday, November 24 through Sunday, November 26!* Participating museums and institutions: Autry Museum of the American West California Science Center Fowler Museum at UCLA Japanese American National ...

  • The Bias Inside Us

    Nov 18, 2023 - Jan 28, 2024

    The Bias Inside Us is an exhibition and community engagement project from the Smithsonian that explores the social science, psychology, and consequences of implicit bias. Bias is an innate human trait; we all have it. Being aware of our bias can help us recognize its influence and impact on our behaviors and worldview. The Bias Inside Us offers an opportunity to learn how to challenge bias in the world through...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Receives $10.4 Million Endowment to Establish the Toshizo Watanabe Democracy Fellowship

    Nov 13, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has received a $10.4 million gift to establish the Toshizo Watanabe Democracy Fellowship which will promote democracy, leadership, diversity, and community empowerment. The Fellowship will facilitate dialogue and cooperation between early to mid-career leaders from Japan drawn from government, business, media, the arts, and NGO sectors and their American ...

  • JANM Book Club: Evergreen with Naomi Hirahara

    Sep 09, 2023

    Join Edgar Award–winning author, Naomi Hirahara, for a dive into the history of Little Tokyo through her newest book, Evergreen. Evergreen, the follow-up to the Mary Higgins Clark Award–winning Clark and Division, is the story of a Japanese American nurse’s aide who navigates the dangers of post–World War II and post-Manzanar life as she attempts to find justice for a broken family. Hirahara’s presentation w...

  • Boyle Heights: The Power of Place—Events

  • Boyle Heights: The Power of Place—Press

    For press inquiries, email mediarelations@janm.org or call 213.625.0414.

  • Colors of Confinement: Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in World War II - Store

    JANM members receive a 10% discount! Join or renew now

  • Colors of Confinement: Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in World War II - Press

    For press inquiries, email mediarelations@janm.org or call 213.625.0414. Press Photo Gallery (Password Access Only—contact mediarelations@janm.org for access.)