About the Author: Lonnie Bunch

Lonnie G. Bunch III is the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He was the founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and is the first historian to be Secretary of the Institution.

Jun

Our Shared Future: Reckoning With Our Racial Past

Message from the Secretary: An update on Race and Our Shared Future. Continue reading Our Shared Future: Reckoning With Our Racial Past

Jun

Our Shared Future: Reckoning With Our Racial Past

Major social media campaign launches today in advance of the July launch. #RaceAndOurSharedFuture Continue reading Our Shared Future: Reckoning With Our Racial Past

May

Why We Remember: Reflections on the 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre

Reflections on the 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre Continue reading Why We Remember: Reflections on the 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre

May

Message from the Secretary: All Smithsonian museums to reopen this summer

Museum reopenings will be staggered, beginning in JUne. Continue reading Message from the Secretary: All Smithsonian museums to reopen this summer

May

All Smithsonian museums will reopen to the public this summer

Museum reopenings will be staggered, beginning in June. Continue reading All Smithsonian museums will reopen to the public this summer

May

Smithsonian Institution Whistleblower Policy

Whistleblowers are protected by law. Continue reading Smithsonian Institution Whistleblower Policy

Apr

Sharing some favorite lines

“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, moves on.” We can’t change the past; we need to learn how to make peace with it, to move on ourselves. Continue reading Sharing some favorite lines

Apr