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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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  • Virtual Educator Open House—JANM Education on the Go

    Feb 08, 2025

    Hear about all the programs and resources available to you and your students while JANM is on the go! As our Pavillion undergoes exciting renovations, learn how you can bring JANM directly into your classroom with a Virtual Visit and with any of our FREE digital resources available through janm.org. Connect with the JANM Education team, get answers to any questions you have, and learn how JANM can support your work a...

  • Cross Cultural Cuisine: The Art of Bringing People Together

    Dec 03, 2023

    A free afternoon program of conversation and food with restaurateurs, chefs, entrepreneurs, and culture commentators that will explore cross-cultural influences on ethnic cuisine in America. Speakers Curtis Chin, celebrated filmmaker and author of the new memoir, Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant Johneric Concordia, chef and co-founder of The Park’s Finest Genevieve Erin O’Brien, co...

  • The Japanese American National Museum Offers Free Weekday Admission for LAUSD Students During Staff and Teacher Strike

    Mar 21, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – Beginning today, Tuesday, March 21, 2023, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will offer free weekday admission to all Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) students and their chaperones for the duration of the LAUSD staff and teacher strike. During the week, JANM is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 11 a.m.–5 p.m., and Thursdays from 12 p.m.–8 p.m. The Museum is closed on M...

  • Contested Histories at The Japanese American Museum of San Jose (San Jose, CA)

    Jul 12, 2018 - Jul 15, 2018

    TRAVELING DISPLAY Japanese American Museum of San Jose San Jose, CA 12 a.m.–4 p.m. Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongfully incarcerated in the World War II American concentration camps. It was one of the first books to examine an...

  • Opening Day: "hapa.me – 15 years of the hapa project"

    Apr 07, 2018

    In this new exhibition, artist Kip Fulbeck continues his project, begun in 2001, of photographing persons who identify as “Hapa”—of mixed Asian/Pacific Islander descent—as a means of promoting awareness and positive acceptance of multiracial identity. hapa.me pairs the photographs and statements from the groundbreaking 2006 exhibition, kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa, with contemporary portraits of the sa...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNOUNCES ADDITIONS TO BOARDS OF TRUSTEES AND GOVERNORS

    Nov 30, 2017

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has added William T. Fujioka and Kenneth S. Hamamura to its Board of Trustees and David Nishida to its Board of Governors. “The individual and collective accomplishments of these three men are beyond admirable,” said Norman Y. Mineta, Chair of the JANM Board of Trustees. “It’s truly a privilege to have each of them bring their expertise and perspectives ...

  • COMMUNITY DAY OF PAINTING SET FOR JANM-COMMISSIONED MURAL

    Oct 15, 2014

    The Japanese American National Museum has commissioned a mural for the north wall of its Tateuchi Democracy Forum and invites the public to participate in a community day of painting on Saturday, October 25, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. All ages are welcome and no reservations or tickets are required. Moon Beholders has been designed by muralist, author, and illustrator Katie Yamasaki. Yamasaki is based in Brooklyn,...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM PRESENTS ITS 4TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN SEATTLE TO COMMEMORATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT OF 1988

    Jul 01, 2013

    From July 4 through 7, the Japanese American National Museum will present its fourth national conference, Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity, at the Seattle Sheraton Hotel. The conference will explore the historic and contemporary connections of the Japanese American experience to local, state, and national histories. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which granted redre...

  • 2013 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Snake

    Jan 06, 2013

    FREE ADMISSION ALL DAY! Start the New Year and the Year of the Snake with fun arts and crafts, games, and exciting cultural activities and performances. SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES: 11AM-5PM: • Slither into the celebrating the Year of the Snake by making some of your own! • Make a decorative wreath of all the zodiac animals • Ruthie’s Origami Corner: Fold your own origami snake • Toddler Room • Jump around in o...

  • Finding Family Stories Arts Partnership Project To Unveil Works Of 8 Southern California Artists At Four Cultural Sites Beginning March 14, 2003

    Feb 28, 2003

    Finding Family Stories, a three-year arts partnership project that brings together cultural institutions representing Southern California’s diverse communities, will highlight the works of eight emerging and established local artists working in a variety of media, including photography, sculpture, video, and painting, at four sites beginning on Saturday, March 15, 2003, at the Japanese American National Museum in L...