Lonnie Bunch III Set To Become Smithsonian Institution's First Black Secretary
Bunch, the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, will assume the mantle of leadership — and in so doing, make history at the 173-year-old organization
by Colin Dwyer
May 28, 2019
2 minutes
Updated at 10:47 a.m. ET
A new pilot is set to take the helm at the Smithsonian Institution.
The organization, a public-private partnership that has established and maintains many of the best-known museums in the U.S., unveiled its next secretary at a news conference Tuesday: , the founding director of the , will take over.
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