Support Our Mission

The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation relies on the support of our members and donors to advance our mission and take on new projects, including the restoration of original Heart Mountain structures. Join Heart Mountain in preserving the past, so that we can share all the lessons it holds for the future.

Giving Opportunites

Hours & Admission

SUMMER
Mid-May to Early October
Open Daily 10-5 pm

WINTER
Early October to Mid-May
Open Wed-Sat 10-5 pm

Adults $14
Seniors/Students $12
Children 10-17: $10

Children Under 10: Free
Contact us for Commercial Group rates
* We’re a Blue Star Museum

Contact

(307) 754-8000
info@heartmountain.org
1539 Road 19
Powell, WY 82435

Learn the History

Learn about the history of Japanese Americans in the United States by exploring the progression of Japanese immigration, to the settlement of Japanese immigrants, to the forced removal of people of Japanese ancestry after the U.S. entrance into WWII, and finally to the experiences of Japanese Americans in the confinement sites.

Explore the History

Kokoro Kara Magazine

Kokoro Kara (“From Our Heart”) is our award-winning magazine. The publication includes original feature articles on Heart Mountain history, contributions by former incarcerees and their descendants, updates on the Foundation’s work, and news related to the Japanese American incarceration. Read through digital copies of past issues along with expanded online articles.

Read through past issues

Draft Resisters at Heart Mountain

Of the ten incarceration sites for Japanese Americans, Heart Mountain was the center of resistance to the military draft in 1944 and 1945. Check out the profiles of these men, including biographies and War Relocation Authority files.

Draft Resister Profiles

Recent News

Heart Mountain press releases include announcements about upcoming events, new exhibits, general news about the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation and the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, and other important information.

Read the latest news

Heart Mountain Publishes Graphic Novel About Norman Mineta and Alan Simpson

January 10, 2025

Image from the graphic novel about Norman Mineta and Al Simpson

From Behind Barbed Wire to Washington: The Remarkable Friendship of Norman Mineta and Alan Simpson was released this week by the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation.

The book is a graphic novel about the lives and public careers of Mineta and Simpson, who first met as Boy Scouts at the Heart Mountain incarceration site for Japanese Americans in 1943.

Authors Mineta and Simpson worked closely with Shirley Ann Higuchi, the chair of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, and Ray Locker, the foundation’s director of communications and strategy. Marie Okuma Johnston of Mercer Island, Wash., was the artist.

The book is the fifth published by the Foundation. Its release accompanies the opening of the Mineta-Simpson Institute, which was created to promote the values of cooperation, empathy and bipartisanship displayed by Mineta and Simpson during their careers in public service.

Interested readers can find the book in the Heart Mountain store or online HERE.

It retails for $20.

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