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Museums. They inspire us, they teach us, and they help us move forward by looking back. We need your help to expand and to make an impact on our youth. Join us as we raise $5 million to relocate the museum. To make a donation, please CLICK HERE


Looking for ways to support the museum and you don’t know how? Well, we have a solution. The Museum Store has plenty of great things you can wear to tell others about the museum. Just CLICK HERE


If you have a group from 10 to 30 people and want to have a special tour just for your group only? Then let us know. Our tours are done on Mon, Tues or Wed when the museum is not open to the public. For more info, CLICK HERE. Just call us at (818) 478-1722.


Every month, we hold at least two (2) events at the museum. From movie screenings to honor days to book signings to comedy nights to game nights to even wine tasting. We hold seminars, workshops, and classes. We hold craft fairs, artists’ displays and sometimes we just have a fun party night. Check out our EVENTS PAGE.


As a museum, we feel we are an essential part of this community. Over the years we have continued to provide different branches of humanitarian work for the city. Please visit the following to make a donation: CLICK HERE


Learn from the greatest martial artists in the world as they share their techniques, movements and their personal method of fighting in our Free Expert Class.


The Martial Arts School Owners Group is available free-of-charge on Facebook. Created by School Owner Fariborz Azhakh, this is a terrific way for school owners to keep in touch and share information.


It’s important that we do all we can to help the martial arts community grow. Through this page, we will provide workforce development and special tips that will help you and your business grow.


Learn more about the Museum, get the behind the scenes, keep updated on things that are happening and get special videos, then PATREON.COM is for you. Click Here for more info.


Enjoy the release of the Museum’s first children’s book, “The Adventures of Ichi & His Friend”. With characters created and represent the Martial Arts History Museum, it is now available on Amazon. CLICK HERE


Want to learn more about the museum, martial arts history, fun events, biographies, and everything you always wanted to know about the martial arts? Well, look no further, subscribe FREE to our Youtube page. CLICK HERE TO ENJOY.

The Martial Arts History Museum is an exciting place for the entire family to enjoy. Even if you’ve never done martial arts in your life, you will have a great time exploring how Asian history became part of American history through film, tv, animation and more. Artifacts include several Japanese Samurai, a unique look as the artistry of the Ninja or trans the roots of anime through our animation timeline.

If you enjoy movies and television, you will love our flim/tv timeline tracing roots to Anna May Wong and Akira Kurasawa’s epic film, the Seven Samurai. It takes close to an hour to visit the museum and scheduled tours are available.

The Museum would like to extend its gratitude for the following foundations, organizations and larger contributors:

The Martial Arts History and Martial Arts History Museum are Registered Trademarks.

4worldlovers: JANM invites you to stamp the Ireichō, a sacred book that records the names of over 125,000 persons of Japanese ancestry who were unjustly imprisoned in US Army, Department of Justice, and War Relocation Authority camps during World War II. Now extended to December 1, 2024.

Glenn Kaino: Aki’s Market is inspired by Akira and Sachiye Shiraishi’s small neighborhood market (1957–1970) in East Los Angeles. Created by artist Glenn Akira Kaino (Akira’s grandson and namesake),…

Don’t Fence Me In: Coming of Age in America’s Concentration Camps explores the experiences of Japanese American youth who asserted their place as young Americans confronting the injustice of being…

Incorporating hundreds of objects, documents, and photographs from JANM’s collection, this exhibition chronicles Japanese American history, beginning in the late 1800s with the early days of the…

The Japanese American National Museum and Japanese American Stories presents The Interactive StoryFile of Lawson Iichiro Sakai. In 2019, Lawson answered more than 1,000 questions…

An American Vocabulary: Words to Action is a collaborative project by visual artist Audrey Chan and rapper jason chu. This set of flash cards portrays figures, events, and practices rooted in…