After a two-year renovation project, the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo announced it will reopen its doors in January.

Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo.

The Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo will unveil a major permanent exhibition more than double the size of the previous one.

Kelly Akashi. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Tiffany Hearsey. Los Angeles sculptor Kelly Akashi’s large-scale inst…

Membership body warns recent attacks 'threaten the integrity' of American museums

US president’s executive order comes after the director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History was grilled by a congressional subcommittee

Japanese Americans who experienced internment camps during WWII liken the federal government's treatment of immigrants to how they were treated.

The American Alliance of Museums condemns the Administration’s continued attacks on the Smithsonian Institution and the museum professionals responsible for preserving, researching, and interpretin…

Ask Congress to support Tule Lake National Monument, which is currently suffering from significant ongoing threats.

The Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship encourages arts writers of color to write about art from their own cultural and political perspectives to enrich and broaden arts writing as a practice and p...

AASLH rejects the White House’s July 4 report on the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH). Contrary to the report’s characterization, NMAH has been steadily widening and deepening the national conversation about American history, expanding its content while maintaining a core narrative that amplifies our country’s remarkable

Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo.

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III defended the work of staff under fire from the White House, according to an email obtained by The Post.

LOS ANGELES — Inside the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo, children sat with picture books, made bracelets and listened to stories that carried the weight of history in language meant...

ABC7 anchor David Ono was surprised during Eyewitness News at 4pm with the announcement that he will be the recipient of the Television Academy's highest honor, the Los Angeles area Governors Award fo...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- An artist's vision, shaped by imagination, culture and collaboration, is set to greet millions of travelers at Los Angeles International

The National Park Service has ordered the removal of three quotes about slavery and immigration from the Bunker Hill Historic Site.

Mark Takano can't help but see the parallels in U.S. history. The Democratic congressman's American-born parents were both incarcerated as young children with their families during the forced relocati...

Now in its 39th year, the list has proven to be a highly effective tool for shining a light on the threats facing our nation’s greatest treasures. The places featured on the 2026 list of America’s 11 ...

Three people, including a security guard, were killed in a shooting at San Diego’s largest mosque. Two teen suspects were found dead in a car near the Islamic Center of San Diego. Follow for live upda...

The Trump administration’s campaign against the 'mongrelization' of America echoes imprisonment of Japanese Americans.

Your morning catch-up: Reduced access to California’s best preserved WWII Japanese detention camp, a crisis in 'Chinese Beverly Hills' and more big stories

Mia Wenjen and Jolene Gutiérrez both grapple with the cruelty of internment and family separation in their new picture books 'Barbed Wire Between Us' and 'Unbreakable: A Japanese American Family in…

As a teacher I often looked for books that worked well together so that my lessons would be richer and allow my students to see things from different author’s points of view. I love the oppor…

A federal judge in New York has ruled that the Trump administration's cancellation of over $100 million in humanities grants was unconstitutional.

Mia Wenjen is an accomplished children’s book author, a mother of three, an avid blogger known as Pragmatic Mom, and co-creator of Read Your World, a nonprofit dedicated to celebrating diversity in bo...

At the Oakland Museum of California we often say: “Keep doing the good work.” We need to be clearer about what the work is and how we commit to it

History cannot be stopped, but it can be captured. We know these moments because someone was there to document them.

History cannot be stopped, but it can be captured. We know these moments because someone was there to document them.

By weakening Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination in redistricting, the Supreme Court has paved the way for the largest-ever drop in representation by Black members of Congress.