Honoring Common Ground is on November 23

Media Advisory

WHAT:    
Honoring Common Ground celebrates JANM’s longtime core exhibition, Common Ground: The Heart of Community, with an afternoon of festivities that highlight over 140 years of Japanese American history.

WHEN:    
Saturday, November 23, 2024 from 12 p.m.–5 p.m.

DETAILS: This special event will feature:

• Docent-led tours from 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
• A special performance by the JANM Ukulele Band from 12 p.m.–12:30 p.m.
• A taiko celebration and toast from 1 p.m–1:30 p.m.
• Relaxing music and hot tea from 12 p.m.–5 p.m.
• Watase Media Arts Center showcase
• A community memory archive booth
• A souvenir photo booth
• A JANM on the Go booth

WHERE:
Japanese American National Museum
100 North Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012

RSVP:
RSVP at janm.org/events.

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About the Japanese American National Museum (JANM)

Established in 1985, JANM promotes understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the Japanese American experience. Located in the historic Little Tokyo district of downtown Los Angeles, JANM is a center for civil rights, ensuring that the hard-fought lessons of the World War II incarceration are not forgotten. A Smithsonian Affiliate and one of America’s Cultural Treasures, JANM is a hybrid institution that straddles traditional museum categories. JANM is a center for the arts as well as history. It provides a voice for Japanese Americans and a forum that enables all people to explore their own heritage and culture. Since opening to the public in 1992, JANM has presented over 100 exhibitions onsite while traveling 40 exhibits to venues such as the Smithsonian Institution and the Ellis Island Museum in the United States, and to several leading cultural museums in Japan and South America. JANM is open on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday–Sunday from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. and on Thursday from 12 p.m.–8 p.m. JANM is free every third Thursday of the month. On all other Thursdays, JANM is free from 5 p.m.–8 p.m. For more information, visit janm.org or follow us on social media @jamuseum.