About World War II Japanese American Internment Museum
The World War II Japanese American Internment Museum occupies part of McGehee's restored historic railroad depot and serves as an interpretive gateway to the nearby Rohwer and Jerome confinement sites. Its exhibits explain how thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly removed and incarcerated in southeastern Arkansas during World War II, placing the two camps within the broader history of Executive Order 9066 and wartime civil-liberties violations.
Visitors can encounter photographs, oral histories, personal objects, documentary material, and interpretive exhibits that convey both daily life in the camps and the experiences of the people imprisoned there. Because the original camp landscapes retain relatively few structures, the museum provides essential context before or after visiting Rohwer and Jerome and helps connect the surviving sites to individual stories.
