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  • NCPD@JANM Fellowship—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.)

  • Two Views: Photographs by Ansel Adams and Leonard Frank—JANM Store

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  • Above the Fold: New Expressions in Origami - Artists

    Above the Fold: New Expressions in Origami presents the work of nine renowned artists. These artists have been pushing the boundaries of origami to elevate what was once considered a children’s craft into a sophisticated global art form. Each work, created specifically for this touring exhibition, presents a unique perspective on contemporary social, political, and aesthetic ideas. See below for their bios and lin...

  • 30th Anniversary: Honoring Our History, Reimagining Our Future

    In celebration of the opening of the Historic Building in 1992, JANM’s 30th Anniversary offers us a chance to reflect on all we’ve accomplished in our first three decades and the timeliness and timelessness of our mission as we continue to illuminate the Japanese American experience and promote greater appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity. Most of all, it’s a chance for us to come togethe...

  • 30th Anniversary—Press

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

  • 30th Anniversary Benefit - Bid for Education

    Make a donation to support JANM’s Bid for Education! Funds raised by the Bid for Education are earmarked to support bus transportation and museum admission for primary and secondary school students from Title I schools and groups who have demonstrated financial need. Both school buses and public transportation are eligible for funding. Bid for Education funds also support K–12 educator workshops, the development of f...

  • 30th Anniversary Benefit - Sponsors

    Sponsorship Opportunities For sponsorship and digital ad opportunities, download the Sponsors Menu. Download For more information about the 30th Anniversary Benefit, e-mail specialevents@janm.org, or call 213.830.5646.

  • Children’s Courtyard Engravings

    The Children’s Courtyard is a permanent installation of individual names of children 21 years and younger. Names are inscribed on stone pavers (one name per line in columns) in the Children’s Courtyard at the entrance to the Museum Pavilion. Placement of each name is determined by the date received. Names received by April 30th will be engraved by August of that year; after April 30th names will be engraved the follo...

  • Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066 - Educational Resources

    Executive Order 9066 Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. It authorized the War Department to “prescribe military areas…from which any or all persons may be excluded… The right of any person to enter, remain in, or leave” those areas was at the discretion of the “military authorities.” This order, which on the surface made no reference to Japanese Americans or na...

  • Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066 - Moving Day

    March 23 – August 11, 2017 Daily from sunset to midnight In conjunction with the exhibition Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066, JANM presents Moving Day, an outdoor public art installation. The work consists of a series of projections of the Civilian Exclusion Orders that were publicly posted during World War II to inform persons of Japanese ancestry of their impending for...