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The Japanese American National Museum ("JANM") provides digital access to its collections via this website. The artifacts, artwork, documents, photographs, and films on this site are only a representative sample of the thousands of objects in JANM's care. Collections that highlight individuals, families, companies, or other groups are created to allow visitors to view these grouped materials on the "featured collections" page. Visitors may also visit the "browse by category" page, which allows viewing by material type: for example, all photographs together.

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The main search bar only searches within the "title" of an object. Many objects do not have titles. For best results, use the Advanced Search tool, and type your search word into the "description" box. After that, results can be refined by using options on the left side of the screen.

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