Heart Mountain Interpretive Center

06/03/2026

Psychologist Satsuki Ina was born in the Tule Lake incarceration camp and wrote The Poet and the Silk Girl, a moving memoir of her parents' incarceration and the Tule Lake experience. She spoke with Debra Kawahara on her Wellness in Today's World podcast. Check it out here:

Wellness is a journey, not a destination. Hear the latest insights in psychology, wellness trends, and everything in between.

06/03/2026

We congratulate Friends of Minidoka for receiving a grant from the Mellon Foundation for Transcendent: The Life and Work of Artist Takuichi Fujii. Developed as part of Beyond the Barbed Wire: Japanese American Stories of the Pacific Northwest, the project invites audiences to engage with Japanese American history through art, storytelling, and personal narrative while highlighting the enduring power of creativity, resilience, and humanity.

Takuichi Fujii believed in art as a vehicle to lift the observer above everyday life and to a higher plane of existence.

06/02/2026

We're gratified by the support we've received from the Wyoming congressional delegation and the Interior Department for the transfer of the land that houses our historic hospital building. It's important to gain control of the land, so we can restore the buildings, which are rapidly falling apart.

06/01/2026

Defining Courage Show Tickets are available!
Date: Thursday July 23rd
Time: 7:30pm
Where: Wynona Thompson Auditorium, Cody WY
Tickets: Included in Pilgrimage registration. Tickets open to the public ー https://support.heartmountain.org/event/defining-courage/e784807

This event is sponsored in part by Wyoming's Semiquincentennial Celebration: A Declaration of Imagination, and

05/27/2026

There are a lot of great books in our museum store. We created these shelf talkers to let visitors know more about them. Come check them out in person.

05/25/2026

We’re happy to announce on this Memorial Day that we have received grants from the Daughters of the American Revolution to restore the honor roll featuring the names of the Heart Mountain incarcerees who served in the military during World War II. Executive Director Aura Sunada Newlin has the details.

05/22/2026

Our new draft resisters exhibit captures the stories of the men who refused to serve in the Army after being drafted from a prison camp. In one photo, 18-year-old Takashi Hoshizaki peers out from the back row of the 63 defendants in a Cheyenne courtroom.

05/21/2026

This week, we welcomed a wide range of groups to our site, ranging from students to adults.

Since the beginning of May, we’ve definitely felt the number of visitors continuing to grow!

05/19/2026

Join Executive Director Aura Sunada Newlin for the Buffalo Gals luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 20, at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West featuring acclaimed Wyoming artist, author, and photographer Lindsay Linton Buk. For more information about this fascinating event, see here:

Buffalo Gals LuncheonMay 20, 2026 | 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.Location: Draper Natural History Museum Tile Map Celebrate the women shaping the modern West at

05/19/2026

Tickets are now available for the 7:30 p.m., Thursday, July 23 showing of Defining Courage at the Wynona Thompson Theater in Cody. It's part of the annual Heart Mountain pilgrimage. See more information here and please join us for a great show! This event is sponsored in part by Wyoming's Semiquincentennial Celebration: A Declaration of Imagination, and Travel Wyoming.