Lonnie G. Bunch III has been tapped to becoming the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, making history as the first Black leader in the institute’s 173-year history. According to the Washington ...

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch sent a letter to the Trump administration responding to a list of demands the White House presented last month as it attempts to assert control over the institution.

When Lonnie Bunch III, 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian, was appointed founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in 2005, he was tasked ...

President Donald Trump met at the White House this week with Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch as his administration investigates the country’s leading cultural center for bias. Trump ...

The Smithsonian Institution is setting up an internal team to respond to President Donald Trump's demands to curb what the administration calls "woke" and divisive exhibits but stressing its ...

*The Smithsonian Institution is facing scrutiny from the Trump administration after an executive order claimed that the museum network was promoting a “race-centered ideology.” Despite this pressure, ...

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Bunch is incorrectly identified as the "first museum director" to take the position of Secretary in Washingtonian Magazine. Secretary Spencer F. Baird and Secretary Alexander Wetmore both served as ...

Updated at 2:35 p.m. ET A new pilot is set to take the helm at the Smithsonian Institution. Shortly after his name was announced, Bunch stepped to the lectern to reflect on just what this move means ...