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    FRONT AND CENTER

    Nov 26, 2019 4 minutes
    BY NANCY TAPPAN

    In February 2019, Anthea M. Hartig became the Elizabeth MacMillan Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. A third-generation Californian, Hartig previously was executive director and CEO of the California Historical Society in San Francisco. She holds a Ph.D. in public history from the University of California, Riverside.

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