How can a new museum weave into the fabric of a historic Black neighborhood, preserve a story this is still being written, and provide enhanced resources benefiting future generations? In 2021, the team behind the National Juneteenth Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, shared an exciting vision to create an epicenter for preserving Juneteenth history and fostering global conversations about freedom. In this panel seminar, our expanded team returns to NOMA to share a progress report. We will focus on the collaborative architectural and experience design process and provide an update on the newly acquired site in the Historic Southside, a vibrant but disenfranchised community. We will share our client's community engagement strategy, how we participate in it, and how we're designing amenities for and with the community, including a business incubator, a coworking space for entrepreneurs, and a food hall. We will discuss the design of the museum, covering its unique form, choice and design of structural systems and enclosure materials, and exhibition design. Lastly, we'll share the importance of multidisciplinary integration between our design architect BIG, AOR KAI Enterprises, and experience designer Local Projects, including examples of changes made during our schematic design phase to enhance the building program.