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Japanese American National Museum

  • Address: 369 E. 1st St., at Central Ave., next to Geffen Contemporary, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA, 90012 | Map It
  • Phone: 213/625-0414
  • www.janm.org

Fodor's Review:

What was it like to grow up on a sugar plantation in Hawaii? How difficult was life for Japanese-Americans interned in concentration camps during World War II? These questions are addressed by changing exhibits at this museum in Little Tokyo. Insightful volunteer docents are on hand to share their own stories and experiences. The museum occupies an 85,000-square-foot adjacent pavilion as well as its original site in a renovated 1925 Buddhist temple. Exhibits for 2009 include: "Glorious Excess" featuring the work of Linkin Park musician/artist Mike Shinoda January-March, and a Kokeshi doll exhibition June-September.

  • Cost: $9, free Thurs. 5-8 and 3rd Thurs. of month
  • Open: Tues., Wed., and Fri.-Sun. 11-5
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