Skip to main content

"This Museum Is about American Identity as Much as It Is About African American History": An Interview with Lonnie G. Bunch

Thumbnail for "This Museum Is about American Identity as Much as It Is About African American History": An Interview with Lonnie G. Bunch
View
@ Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Bogues, Anthony Bunch, Lonnie G National Museum of African American History and Culture Presidential Commission on the Development of the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Description

Smithsonian History BibliographyIn this interview of Lonnie Bunch, Director of the National Museum of African American History, Bogues discusses many topics. The process of getting to the position of being able to build the museum, as well as deciding what the museum was going to be about and the curatorial processes behind the museum are discussed. Bunch speaks on the difficulties of portraying the message of the museum and what makes this museum distinct from other Smithsonian museums. They discussed why Bunch decided to go into the museum field and what role museums had in public curriculum.Callaloo Vol 38 JournalInstitutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Format:
Number Of Pages : 07; Page Numbers : 703 709
View Original At:

Record Contributed By

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Record Harvested From

Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Bogues, Anthony
  3. Bunch, Lonnie G
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Civil Rights Movements
  6. Collection Management
  7. Curators
  8. History
  9. Museum Buildings
  10. Museum Curators
  11. Museums
  12. National Museum Of African American History And Culture
  13. New Museums
  14. Presidential Commission On The Development Of The National Museum Of African American History And Culture
  15. Racism
  16. Slaver
  17. Slavery

Related Content

An Interview With Philip G. Freelon Past/Present/Future Memory, Legislation, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture Lonnie Bunch at NMAAHC Site Selection News Conference Bunch and Conwill Look at NMAAHC Museum Site President Bush Signs Legislation Creating the NMAAHC Bunch Presents Site Info at NMAAHC Town Hall Meeting Bunch and Visitor at NMAAHC Town Hall Meeting Lonnie G. Bunch III Named 14th Secretary Architectural History of the the National Museum of African American History and Culture, 2012 Bunch and Conwill Look at NMAAHC Museum Site Lonnie G. Bunch, III, Director, NMAAHC "The Time Has Come" Report Cover "Save Our African American Treasures" in Charleston, S.C Resolution Calling for National African American Museum National Museum of African American History and Culture Site Design for National Museum of African American History and Culture Model of National Museum of African American History and Culture 'Smithsonian's America' Exhibit Team Carver Theater, First Home of the ANM Groundbreaking of the New Anacostia Museum
Download JSON