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  • Over 45 New Collections Debut on JANM’s Website

    Jun 25, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA –The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces that over forty-five collections from the Museum’s permanent collection are digitized and available at janm.org. The work is made possible by grants from the National Park Service’s Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) grant program, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), the Institute Museum Library Services (IMLS) and th...

  • 2019 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Boar

    Jan 06, 2019

    FREE ALL DAY! Welcome the Year of the Boar with with crafts, food, cultural activities, and performances! Plus, free admission all day to see Kaiju vs Heroes: Mark Nagata’s Journey through the World of Japanese Toys, Gambatte! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit, and Common Ground: The Heart of Community. See the complete schedule below. JANM Members Only reserved seating and express lines!

  • ZOCALO—Do Americans Misunderstand the Roots of Crime?

    Oct 24, 2018

    A Zócalo/KCRW "Critical Thinking with Warren Olney" Event at JANM’s National Center for the Preservation of Democracy Moderated by Warren Olney, Host, KCRW’s "To the Point" Americans treat crime as a public scourge. And we attack it via public systems—our prisons, probation departments, and school and youth programs—to intervene before people go wrong. But what if crime isn’t a public problem, but rat...

  • Private Tours of Collections

    Mar 01, 2014

    By appointment only, all month long Upper Level President’s & Chairman’s Circle Members are invited to experience a behind-the-scenes tour of the world’s largest collection of Japanese American artifacts. Your on-going support helps maintain this unique collection that chronicles over 130 years of Japanese American history. Contact Charlien Church at cchurch@janm.org or 213.830.5676 to reserve a personalized t...

  • Private Tours of Collections

    Feb 01, 2014

    By appointment only, all month long Upper Level President’s & Chairman’s Circle Members are invited to experience a behind-the-scenes tour of the world’s largest collection of Japanese American artifacts. Your on-going support helps maintain this unique collection that chronicles over 130 years of Japanese American history. Contact Charlien Church at cchurch@janm.org or 213.830.5676 to reserve a personalized t...

  • Private Tours of Collections

    Jan 01, 2014

    By appointment only, beginning January 2014 Upper Level President’s & Chairman’s Circle Members are invited to experience a behind-the-scenes tour of the world’s largest collection of Japanese American artifacts. Your on-going support helps maintain this unique collection that chronicles over 130 years of Japanese American history. Contact Charlien Church at cchurch@janm.org or 213.830.5676 to reserve a person...

  • SCHEDULE FOR FREE 'HAPPY 10TH: CELEBRATING THE PAVILION!' EVENT SET FOR JUNE 20

    Jun 13, 2009

    The Japanese American National Museum announced its schedule for its free "Happy 10th: Celebrating the Pavilion!" event on Saturday, June 20, from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., featuring taiko and tanabata workshops, storytelling, arts and crafts, exhibition tours and concluding with a free outdoor concert. This free event was organized to mark the 10 years of activities by the National Museum since it opened its Pavilion in...

  • Day of Remembrance

    Feb 15, 2003

    Day of Remembrance (DOR), the community's annual commemoration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's signing of Executive Order 9066 and the World War II exclusion and incarceration of Japanese Americans and Japanese Latin Americans. The 2003 DOR marks the 61st anniversary of the signing of the Executive Order. The National Museum, Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress (NCRR), the Pacific Southwest District JACL, and lo...

  • Day of Remembrance

    Feb 16, 2002

    Day of Remembrance (DOR) is the Japanese American community's annual commemoration of President Roosevelt's signing of Executive Order 9066 and the World War II exclusion and incarceration of Japanese Americans and Japanese Latin Americans. This year's observance is particularly noteworthy, as 2002 marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066. The National Museum, NCRR, the Pacific Southwest Dist...

  • Japanese American National Museum To Feature Paintings By Henry Sugimoto In First Retrospective Exhibition

    Mar 24, 2001

    The first retrospective exhibition of paintings by Henry Sugimoto (1900-1990) will open on March 24, 2001 at the Japanese American National Museum in the heart of the Little Tokyo Historic District in Los Angeles. Henry Sugimoto: Painting an American Experience is a survey of Sugimoto’s paintings as well as an examination of the Japanese American experience as seen through the work of an artist whose life and art w...