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Japanese American Museum of San Jose

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The mission of JAMsj is to collect, preserve and share Japanese American history, culture and art with a focus on the Greater Bay Area.

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The Japanese American Museum of San Jose (JAMsj) showcases a unique collection of permanent and rotating exhibits chronicling more than a century of Japanese American history. Visitors will learn about early immigration of Japanese to America, their leadership in the agricultural community, their incarceration during World War II and the challenges they faced, while adapting and contributing to West Coast communities.

JAMsj provides a historical forum that stimulates present day discussions on civil liberties, race relations, discrimination, and American identity.

Address: 535 N 5th St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA
Phone: (408) 294-3138
gro.jsmaj@liam
State: California
Zip Code: 95112


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Detailed and informative. Well worth a stop. Docents were terrific
9 years ago (12-06-2017)
Small and calm fully guide place ticket price are five dollars
9 years ago (14-06-2017)
Excellent well designed, small cultural museum with exhibits on Japanese American life in San Jose and a powerful display about the Japanese American internment camps - complete with a replica of a camp barrack. Outdoor you'll find an extensive collection of farming equipment used by a Japanese American farmer that gives perspective on crops used, home life, and how agriculture evolved. Changing exhibit focused on Hapa, or people of Asian or Pacific Islander mixed heritage and the challenges they've faced in Japanese culture and their wider existence. Volunteer docent was a young woman who was so passionate and well educated on the history, she seemed wise beyond her years.
10 years ago (23-10-2016)
Somehow I've lived in the Bay Area all my life and never been here! I was glad to latch on to a tour that was just starting (ended up being about 90 minutes - which I think was the perfect amount of time). I also particularly enjoyed the Hapa exhibit.
10 years ago (23-09-2016)
This museum worth a visit if you are looking for things to do in San Jose. Japanese immigrants experience and Japanese-Americans resettlement in particular are a lesser known pages in the story of American fight for equality. Very relevant knowledge in the context of 2016 presidential election.
10 years ago (06-08-2016)
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