A scavenger hunt in Common Ground during JANM's Oshogatsu Family Festival. (Photo by Doug Mukai)
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will celebrate its longtime core exhibition, Common Ground: The Heart of Community, with an afternoon of festivities that highlight over 140 years of Japanese American history on Saturday, November 23, 2024 from 12 p.m.–5 p.m. PT.
In honor of Common Ground, admission will be $6 ($5 seniors, $3 students and youth 6–17, free for JANM Members and children), the same price that was offered when the Museum’s Pavilion opened in 1999. The afternoon will feature natsukashii (nostalgic) music, a souvenir photo booth, docent-led tours, and a chance for visitors to contribute to our community memory archive booth.
Common Ground has been the center of the Museum for the last twenty-six years and will close on January 5, 2025, the final day to see the Pavilion before it closes for renovation and the Museum launches JANM on the Go with its annual Oshogatsu Family Festival.
During the Pavilion’s renovation, JANM’s core exhibition will be reimagined and updated to tell the stories of Japanese Americans by drawing on today’s technological advances and national discussion around race and democracy. Visitors are welcome to join the Museum for the finale of Common Ground.
