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A brief stroll through San Jose’s Japanese American Museum reveals a deep and rich perspective of the role that Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans played in the history and society of California and the Santa Clara Valley.
The museum’s permanent exhibit is made up of donated items from the local community.
The museum staff is primarily volunteers and trained docents who are either familiar with history or lived through the events of the internment camps. Guided tours provide perspective of history to be shared, but wandering by oneself allows for a more thorough review of the pieces of history shown.
Exhibits detail early Japanese life in Santa Clara Valley, farming, WWII and the internment process, and on post-WWII life and resettlement in California. Summaries give context to many of the pieces and photographs shown. California history is always present in one form or another in all the exhibits, and a strong connection to the Santa Clara Valley.