Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Lonnie G. Bunch III

Living with history: A people’s journey, a nation’s story
Lonnie G. Bunch III is the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the highest position of leadership within the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex. He is the first historian and the first African American to hold this position. Previously, he became the first director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.
A widely published author, Secretary Bunch has written on topics including the Black military experience, the American presidency, African American history in California, diversity in museum management and the impact of funding and politics on American museums. His most recent book, 'A Fool’s Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump', chronicles the making of the museum that would become one of the most popular destinations in Washington.
The Netherlands has much to learn from his expertise. Secretary Bunch - a historian and educator - participated in a public event hosted by the John Adams Institute, organized in collaboration with Black Achievement Month and the U.S. Embassy in The Hague. He was joined by Head of the History Department of the Rijksmuseum Valika Smeulders and NiNsee chair Linda Nooitmeer to discuss how to do the work of memory in a time when looking to the past through a diversity of lenses matters more than ever.

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Where's the giant skeletons?. And everything else in the basement?