Smithsonian Institution names Lonnie G. Bunch III—the historian who launched the National Museum of African American History and Culture—its next chief, marking a tilt to the humanities for the 175-year-old organization
The Smithsonian Institution on Tuesday named museum director Lonnie G. Bunch III to be its next chief—the first African-American and the first historian hired to run the world’s largest museum and research complex.
Mr. Bunch, a 66-year-old native of Newark, N.J., is best known for overseeing the building and launch of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture nearly three years ago. On June 16, he will take charge of the institution’s 19 museums, nine science research centers and the National...
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