On Friday, June 19, the Museum will be open from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, with free admission available until 2:00 PM. The day will be filled with inspiring programming, live music, cultural performances, family-friendly activities, and community resources honoring this important national holiday. Together, we celebrate history and the ongoing work of positive social change.
Entertainment 10:00 AM: Antonio Hobson, Phat Mak, KJ Willis 11:00 AM: Avid Violin, Black Cream 12:00 PM: Yella P., Ekpe and African Jazz Ensemble 1:15 PM: Lukah, francis the truman, Jonte Mayon Children’s Activities Balloon Art Bubble Making Station Home Depot Craft Workshop Make Your Own Juneteenth Flag Juneteenth and Museum Temporary Tattoos Community Partners Health Equity Fair (9:30 AM – 2:00 PM) Vitalant Juneteenth Blood Drive Methodist Sickle Cell Center & Sickle Cell Foundation of Tennessee Baptist Memorial Health Care Healthy Kids & Teens Prostate Cancer Awareness Voter Education and Registration (9:00 AM – 2:00 PM) Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Voter Registration Slavery Memorial Project (9:00 AM – 2:00 PM) Calvary Episcopal Church – Legacy of 87 Adams Health Equity This year’s celebration will also spotlight health equity, recognizing the vital connection between civil rights and access to healthy, thriving communities. Guests can engage in meaningful conversations, wellness-focused activities, and valuable resources designed to promote health for all as well as a comprehensive slate of health resources provided by Baptist Health Sciences University, Baptist Memorial Health Care, and Vitalant with the Sickle Cell Foundation. Health offerings include blood pressure and diabetes risk-factor screenings and education, osteopathic medicine demonstrations, and resource connections to community healthcare workers. Book Your Blood Drive Appointment Voter Education and Registration A voter registration drive will be hosted by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated Chapters of Memphis and Shelby County from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm to encourage every visitor to exercise what the Museum calls a fragile, hard-fought right, especially in an election year when voting access remains contested across the country.
You can also see the new Legacy Experience exhibits, highlighting civil rights history from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in 1968 to the present day. Housed in the Museum’s Legacy Building, the expanded exhibitions illuminate the movement’s evolution over the past five decades, examining pivotal moments, strategies, and grassroots organizing that followed 1968 and continue to shape struggles for justice today.
The History of Juneteenth