Japanese American National Museum

Japanese American National Museum
Museum in August 2024
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Established1992
LocationLittle Tokyo, Los Angeles, California
TypeHistory and culture of Japanese Americans
Public transit access Little Tokyo/Arts District
Websitewww.janm.org
First home of the Japanese American National Museum at First and Central

The Japanese American National Museum (全米日系人博物館, Zenbei Nikkeijin Hakubutsukan) is located in Los Angeles, California, and dedicated to preserving the history and culture of Japanese Americans. Founded in 1992, it is located in the Little Tokyo area near downtown. The museum is an affiliate within the Smithsonian Affiliations program.[1]

The museum covers more than 130 years of Japanese-American history, dating to the first Issei generation of immigrants. Its moving image archive contains over 100,000 feet (30,000 m) of 16 mm and 8 mm home movies made by and about Japanese Americans from the 1920s to the 1950s. It also contains artifacts, textiles, art, photographs, and oral histories of Japanese Americans. The Japanese American National Museum of Los Angeles and the Academy Film Archive collaborate to care for and provide access to home movies that document the Japanese-American experience. Established in 1992, the JANM Collection at the Academy Film Archive currently contains over 250 home movies and continues to grow.[2]

  1. ^ "Japanese American National Museum". Affiliate detail. Smithsonian Affiliations. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 17 Jul 2011.
  2. ^ "Japanese American National Museum Collection". Academy Film Archive.