April 30, 1992

history

Japanese American National Museum Opens

The Japanese American National Museum opened to the public in a former Buddhist temple in LA's Little Tokyo-the first US museum dedicated to the Japanese American experience. (Shares Apr 30 with the Hawaiian Organic Act and the Fall of Saigon.)

Sources

  1. janm.org janm.org/about/history
  2. encyclopedia.densho.org encyclopedia.densho.org/Japanese_American_National_Museum

Also on April 30