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  • Defining Courage

    Jun 07, 2023

    ONE NIGHT ONLY! Wednesday, June 7 at 7 p.m. at the Segerstrom Concert Hall. Defining Courage is a journey into the legacy of the Nisei Soldier, Americans of Japanese ancestry who served in the segregated military units of the 100th IB, 442nd RCT, MIS, and 522nd FAB. Considered the greatest fighting units in American military history, most have never heard their extraordinary stories. Join Emmy Award-winning f...

  • JANM Extends the Ireichō to December 1, 2024

    Jun 08, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has extended the viewing and stamping of the Ireichō, the sacred book that records—for the first time ever—the names of over 125,000 persons of Japanese ancestry who were unjustly imprisoned in US Army, Department of Justice, and War Relocation Authority camps during World War II, to December 1, 2024. Reservations are required and can be made online at ja...

  • JANM Pop-Up at the Segerstrom

    Jun 07, 2023

    As co-presenter of Defining Courage, JANM brings select groundbreaking exhibitions to Orange County! EXPLORE THESE FREE POP-UP EXHIBITIONS The Interactive Storyfile of Lawson Iichiro Sakai—Use AI to converse with 442nd Regimental Combat Team veteran Lawson Iichiro Sakai (1924-2020). A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami—Explore a young teen’s correspondence and drawings created in the...

  • JANM Receives $564,837 from the National Parks Service JACS Grants Program

    Jun 07, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has received two grants totalling $564,837 from the National Parks Service’s Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) Grant Program. A grant of $414,663 will conserve, reimagine, and protect the Heart Mountain barracks as the centerpiece of the Museum’s new core exhibition, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive exhibition devoted to the Japanes...

  • Sansei Rocker: Behind the Curtain—June 4

    Jun 04, 2023

    Available tickets are sold out. Please click the following link to sign up for the waitlist and we will notify you if space becomes available. Waitlist Travel back in time to the Sansei Dance Party Era in Los Angeles during the ’60s and ’70s through live music and storytelling! Written and produced by Harry Manaka, author of Chronicles of a Sansei Rocker, former owner of the Baby Lion Supper Club, and leader ...

  • Sansei Rocker: Behind the Curtain—June 3

    Jun 03, 2023

    Travel back in time to the Sansei Dance Party Era in Los Angeles during the ’60s and ’70s through live music and storytelling! Written and produced by Harry Manaka, author of Chronicles of a Sansei Rocker, former owner of the Baby Lion Supper Club, and leader of Somethin’ Else, this immersive performance combines the classic tunes of the Sansei Dance Party Era with illuminating stories of the times. A love letter to ...

  • The Democracy Center Celebrates Civic Season with a Dance Performance and More on June 24, 2023

    Jun 02, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (the Democracy Center) at JANM celebrates Civic Season (Juneteenth–July 4) with a dance performance and more on Saturday, June 24, 2023 from 4 p.m.–7 p.m. on the JANM Plaza. This event is free and open to the public; RSVPs are recommended and can be made at janm.org/events/calendar. Civic Season unites America’s newest and oldest federal holid...

  • The Oath of the Sword—Film Screening and Discussion

    May 28, 2023

    JANM presents the premiere screening of the recently restored silent film The Oath of the Sword at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles. Once thought to be lost, this 1914 film by the Japanese American Film Company was recently rediscovered by scholar Denise Khor at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York. When Masao leaves Japan to study at UC Berkeley, he also leaves his lover, Hisa, who i...

  • JANM Presents Pop-Up Exhibition at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on June 7, 2023

    May 26, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will bring three innovative exhibitions to the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa as part of a one-day pop-up exhibition in connection with that evening’s performance of Defining Courage on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. The pop-up exhibition will be free and open to the public from 11 a.m.– 4 p.m. The pop-up will include: The Interactive StoryF...

  • JANM Hosts the Natsumatsuri Family Festival on August 12, 2023

    May 24, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host the Natsumatsuri Festival on Saturday, August 12, 2023, from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. The Museum’s annual summer celebration features free cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages. Admission to Natsumatsuri is free but RSVPs are requested. The festivities will include performances by TAIKOPROJECT and Yu-ki Project, so...