Museum Bustle

The staff at KAM has been busy hosting tours and providing lectures to groups from various schools and organizations. During the months of November and December, over 190 students and seniors visited KAM. They were briefed on the museum and given guided tours. In some cases, Museum personnel led groups in workshops and prominent speakers provided lectures.

Recent Tours:

> Nov. 18, 2004 : Thirty senior citizens arrived through a trip conducted by the Korean Health, Education, Information and Research Center and were given a briefing and a guided tour.
> Nov. 20, 2004 : About 80 students from Young Nak Korean School visited the Museum and attended lectures given by Ki Suh Park, chairman of the KAM board and design and managing partner of Gruen Associates. Park gave two Powerpoint presentations of the accomplishments of his architecture firm. Dr. Kay Song, a KAM board member and associate vice president for civic and community relations at the University of Southern California, also spoke about the importance of learning and preserving personal culture.
> Dec. 4, 2004 : Eleven California State Fullerton students visited the Museum to be briefed about the history of the Museum and about the “Korean American Experience” in Southern California, as depicted by the present exhibit at the Museum.
> Dec. 6, 2004 : Twenty students from Peary Middle School in Gardena and 40 students from the Torrance Korean School arrived for a Museum tour.
> Dec. 11, 2004 : A group of 12 students from Project Bridge came to the Museum for a guided tour and a video presentation. Project Bridge is a group of high school juniors in the Los Angeles Unified School District who are selected to study the culture of Koreans and Korean Americans before they depart for Korea in the spring to become junior ambassadors. This is a part of an effort to create bridges between the many ethnic groups residing in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas. A lecture was given by David Ryu, the deputy in the office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne Burke. The video presentation concerned the Los Angeles Riots and featured testimonies of Korean American women who had been victimized during the disturbances.
The exhibit , “L.A., Koreatown: A Celebration of Continuity and Change,” may be viewed at KAM, which is located at 3727 West Sixth Street, Suite 400, Los Angeles. Gallery hours are Wednesday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.