[2] For over 20 years, Kim Koga was executive director, overseeing crucial moves of the institution and finding it a home in Glendale.

At a belated 40th anniversary celebration, highlighted by the "40 Years of Light” exhibition, attendees were able to tour the galleries and hear from featured neon artists.

This year’s Genocide commemoration will be especially difficult to cope with as a result of that, but the support for the community through artistic means is meant to highlight the resilient spirit of the Armenian people and provide some light during these dark times through the arts".

Programming included a panel discussion about LGBT+ connections to neon art, the Glendale community, and the museum, and included museum trustee Eric Lynxwiler, filmmaker Rachel Mason, sex educator Buck Angel, neon artist Dani Bonnet, activist Paul Manchester of glendaleOUT, and activist Shant Jaltorossian of GALAS LGBTQ+ Armenian Society.

[26] The Executive Director Corrie Siegel remarked that: "The stereotype that Americana is something as cisgender, white, and heterosexual, holds still for many folks[.]

"[27]MONA offers guided walking tours through various Los Angeles County neighborhoods, including Glendale, Koreatown, Hollywood, the Broadway Theatre District, and Chinatown.

[28] MONA offers double-decker bus tours, which depart from Downtown's Historic Core and visit locations including Chinatown and Hollywood.

MONA's executive director, Corrie Siegel, has noted that it is in museum’s best interests to keep the sign preserved in-place, in the context in which it was created.