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  • JANM Congratulates the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation on Being a New Smithsonian Affiliate

    Apr 09, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) congratulates the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation (HMWF) on being a new Smithsonian Affiliate. Established in 1996, the HMWF preserves the original site of the Heart Mountain concentration camp in northwestern Wyoming and tells the stories of over 14,000 people who were unjustly incarcerated there during World War II through its world-class museum, the ...

  • JANM, NAMED ONE OF ‘AMERICA’S CULTURAL TREASURES,’ RECEIVES $5.5 MILLION GRANT OVER FOUR YEARS FROM THE FORD FOUNDATION

    Oct 16, 2020

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is honored to be selected as one of the 20 Black, Latinx, Asian, and Indigenous arts and cultural organizations designated as “America’s Cultural Treasures,” and to be the recipient of a $5.5 million grant over four years, thanks to the vision and generosity of the Ford Foundation along with other leading foundations and major donors who have pledged to don...

  • JANM STATEMENT REGARDING THE “PRECEDENT” OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION DURING WORLD WAR II

    Nov 18, 2016

    The Japanese American National Museum is alarmed by the escalation of rhetoric already taking place in the wake of President-elect Trump’s victory. Citing the unlawful incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II as a "precedent" for the unjust targeting of any group, and especially for the creation of a registry for Muslim Americans in the future is to completely misunderstand one of the most shameful c...

  • 'YEAR OF THE HORSE' THEME FOR MUSEUM’S FREE OSHOGATSU FAMILY FESTIVAL ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 5

    Dec 18, 2013

    Los Angeles – The Japanese American National Museum is pleased to present the 2014 Oshogatsu Family Festival on Sunday, January 5, 2014 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. One of the Museum’s most popular and well-attended family events, the festival will celebrate the New Year with a “Year of the Horse” theme. The day will be packed with hands-on activities, taiko performances, Japanese traditional New Year’s food tasting, and m...

  • "Children of Manzanar" edited by Heather C. Lindquist

    Jun 29, 2013

    This program has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience. This book captures the experiences of the nearly four thousand children and young adults held at Manzanar during World War II. Quotes from these children accompany photographs from both official and unofficial photographers, including Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, and Toyo Miyatake. These photos and remembrances record a barren world of guard towe...

  • NATIONAL MUSEUM PRODUCES DVDS OF CLASSIC MADE-FOR-TV FILM 'FAREWELL TO MANZANAR'

    Nov 10, 2011

    The Japanese American National Museum announced that it has obtained the licensing rights through the NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products Group to the classic made-for-TV 1976 movie, "Farewell to Manzanar," and has produced DVD copies for sale this fall for the first time ever. Based on the autobiographical book, Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James Houston, the film is a rare Hollywood...

  • Wellness as a Global Solution: A Look at Keiro's Future & 50 Years of Enhancing the Quality of Senior Life in our Community

    Sep 18, 2011

    With one in five individuals over 65, the Japanese American community foreshadows what the rest of the nation will experience in 2050. Learn about how Keiro Senior HealthCare serves as a model of care for a healthy community and how this affects you now, whatever your age! 2011 is the 50th anniversary of Keiro Senior HealthCare, a not-for-profit organization providing culturally-sensitive and person-centered senior ...

  • The Politics of Fear and Persecution: Then and Now

    Dec 07, 2010

    6:30 PM Reception and Viewing of Exhibit 7:00-8:00 pm Panel Discussion and Q&A Join the ACLU of Southern California and the Japanese American National Museum for a panel discussion with Ahilan Arulanantham (ACLU/SC Director of Immigrant Rights and National Security), Mia Yamamoto (Criminal Defense Attorney who was born in a World War II internment camp), and Hussam Ayloush (Executive Director of the Council on Am...

  • CONTACT—2022 NEH Landmarks Little Tokyo Workshop

    Contact information for “Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations,” an NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop for teachers.

  • Dodgers: Brotherhood of the Game - Videos

    Bobby Castillo & Fernando Valenzuela Few know that Los Angeles Dodgers all-star pitcher Fernando Valenzuela learned his signature pitch—the screwball—from his teammate Bobby Castillo, who hailed from East LA. Tommy Lasorda Tommy Lasorda managed the Dodgers for 20 seasons and won two championships. He loves the Dodgers so much that he even wants to work for them when he’s “dead and gone.” ...