Lonnie G. Bunch III is an American historian and museum curator, the 14th secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and the first Black person to hold that office. Bunch was the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. In that role he secured funding, oversaw construction, and collected artifacts. In September 2026 Bunch announced that he would retire as Smithsonian secretary at the end of the year.
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