Museums & Historic Sites

Japanese American National Museum → 100 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Founded in 1992, JANM is the largest museum in the United States that is dedicated to sharing the history of Japanese Americans. It highlights the experiences of Japanese Americans in internment camps and their fight for reparations after their release. Both in-person and virtual tours of its exhibitions are offered.

Japanese American Museum of San Jose → 535 N 5th St, San Jose, CA 95112

The JAM of San Jose dedicates itself to showing Japanese American History over the century within the Bay Area. Established in 1987.

Manzanar National Historic Site → Manzanar Reward Rd, California

Manzanar, an internment camp opened in March 1942 in California, confined more than 10,000 people of Japanese ethnicity during World War II. Explore what camp life was like through photographs and testimonies from its prior inhabitants through this site.

Here is their site to plain your visit.

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