Japanese American History Museum
A project of Oregon Nikkei Endowment

121 NW 2nd Ave
Portland, OR 97209
(503) 224-1458

Exhibit hours:
Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sunday, noon to 3 p.m.

$3 suggested donation,
free for Friends of Oregon Nikkei Endowment

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For information on administrative hours please call us at
503-224-1458.

Museum Location:

121 NW 2nd Ave
Portland, OR 97209

Located in Portland's Old Town neighborhood, between Couch and Davis Streets. One block from the Old Town/Chinatown light rail stop.

(photo courtesy Rich Iwasaki)

Directions

Exhibit hours:
Tuesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sunday, noon to 3 p.m.

$3 donation, free for Friends
 

Group tours, speaking engagements, and research appointments are available. Please visit our Resources & Services page to learn more.
 

Wheelchair access is available through the Merchant Hotel courtyard. To schedule or for more information, please contact us:

Phone: 503-224-1458

 

The term "Nikkei" means Japanese emigrants and their descendants. Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center is located in the Merchant Hotel building built 1880-1885, and is of historical interest, being located in the oldest part of Portland in the heart of what was once Portland's Japantown (Nihonmachi) until World War II. The building housed a laundry, bathhouse and barbershop run by Japanese families in the early years.
 

Currently showing:

Oregon Nikkei: Reflections of an American Community

The Hayashi family greenhouse, courtesy of Toshiko Hayashi.
 

Tour the exhibit "Reflections of an American Community"
 

with upcoming exhibit:

Shadows and Black Rain: Memories, Histories, Places, Bodies
June 6 - August 11, 2013

Shadows, by Anna Daedalus and Kerry Davis, will feature life-size prints of anonymous silhouettes, or shadows, created by the Shadow Box, a memory instrument built to create images that evoke the shadows left by victims who were vaporized by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Black Rain will feature the artwork of Yukiyo Kawano, a Portland resident and a third generation hibakusha (nuclear bomb survivor), whose installation pieces and performance art reflect the lasting attitudes towards the use of atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
 

Upcoming at the Legacy Center

First Thursday Exhibit opening
Thursday, June 6, 2013, 4-7pm
Free and open to the public

Read more on our exhibits page.

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