Pavilion Groundbreaking Ceremony Launches Start of Construction on Friday, July 11, 2025

Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. 

Media Advisory

WHAT:    
JANM is launching an exciting new chapter with a groundbreaking ceremony that marks the start of construction for the Museum’s renovation and new core exhibition, In the Future We Call Now: Realities of Racism, Dreams of Democracy. Commemorate this significant milestone with us!

WHEN:      
Friday, July 11, 2025, from 10:30 a.m.–1 p.m.

DETAILS:    
This special event will feature remarks from JANM’s leadership, followed by light refreshments and a first look at what’s to come. The program is as follows:

• Registration 10 a.m.
• Program begins 10:30 a.m.
• Photos 11 a.m.
• Reception and Behind the Scenes Tours 11:30 a.m  

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

RSVP:   
RSVP by Thursday, July 3, 2025. Please contact Jennifer Vu with any questions at specialevents@janm.org.

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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 one hundred exhibitions onsite while traveling forty 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’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus, throughout Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, and Southern California, and beyond from early January 2025 through late 2026. For more information, visit janm.org/OnTheGo or follow us on social media @jamuseum.