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Cruising J-Town
Jul 31, 2025 - Nov 12, 2025
JANM on the Go presents Cruising J-Town in Pasadena, CACar culture has long been synonymous with Southern California. What we drive for work and play have been literal and symbolic vehicles of personal expression, community identity, and social mobility. This has been especially true for the Southland’s Japanese American community, starting back over one hundred years ago and continuing through current day.Cruising J...
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2025 Benefit & Online Auction
Apr 12, 2025
Celebrate our critical past, dynamic present, and ambitious future in the heart of downtown Los Angeles at Unlocking the Future, JANM’s 2025 Benefit and Online Auction. Embark on a major renovation with us to amplify our stories, inspire a more just future, and honor the legacy of the Japanese American community.Enjoy a special live performance by Judith Hill and celebrate the legacies of inspirational community lead...
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2025 Benefit & Online Auction
Save the Date! April 12, 2025JW Marriott Los Angeles
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Poetry at the Gate of Memory
Mar 27, 2025
Join poets Brynn Saito and traci kato-kiriyama for a reading celebrating the forthcoming April 2025 release of The Gate of Memory: Poems by Descendants of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration. Edited by Saito and Brandon Shimoda, this poetry anthology explores the afterlife of the historical yet enduring injustice of World War II–era prisons and camps. Featured readers include David Mura, Heather Nagami, Mia Ayumi Malhotra, ...
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Experience the Museum
JANM is dedicated to promoting greater understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the richness and range of the Japanese American experience.
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Research & Collections
JANM is the first museum in the United States dedicated to sharing the experience of Americans of Japanese ancestry as an integral part of US history. Since its inception in 1985, the Japanese American National Museum has chronicled more than 130 years of Japanese American history—from the first Issei generation through the World War II incarceration to the present day.
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Collections
The over 150,000 objects that comprise the JANM permanent collection chronicle the Japanese American experience in its entirety from early immigration to the present. Artifacts related to early immigration to the United States at the turn of the 20th century, early life in Japanese American communities, and the World War II incarceration experience and military service are strengths of the collection.
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2025 Benefit & Auction—Sponsors
Sponsorship OpportunitiesFor sponsorship and digital ad opportunities, please visit our online sponsorship form or download the Sponsors Menu (PDF).SPONSORSHIP AND TICKETS Sponsors MenuPlease e-mail specialevents@janm.org or call 213.830.5646 for available sponsorship opportunities.