Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch to retire amid clashes with Trump administration

Lonnie Bunch, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, announces retirement

The move comes after the White House labeled Smithsonian leadership radicals

Lonnie Bunch, Smithsonian leader, to retire amid Trump criticism

Historian Lonnie Bunch will leave his position as secretary of the Smithsonian at the end of the year, he announced Tuesday.

Smithsonian leader Lonnie Bunch to retire as Trump targets institution

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III announced Tuesday he will be stepping down from his role amid Trump administration disputes with the museum complex over how it presents American history. Bunch, 73, is the Smithsonian Institution’s first Black leader and founder of its National Museum of African American History and Culture. He’s served as the world’s…

Smithsonian Chief Lonnie G. Bunch Retires As President Trump Seeks to Reshape Institution

Smithsonian Institution secretary to retire amid Trump attacks on museum independence

‘I have to be honest, it has been stressful,’ Lonnie Bunch III saysThe Smithsonian Institution’s secretary, Lonnie Bunch III, will retire at the end of the year amid Donald Trump’s attacks on the museum’s content and independence.Bunch, who was appointed in 2019 as the first African American to lead the museums, cited personal reasons for departing, while…

WATCH: Woke Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch steps down

'We can only hope that the next secretary of the Smithsonian will not treat the institution as a battleground for his culture wars'

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch to Step Down

The secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Lonnie G. Bunch III, is stepping down, amid continued criticism from the White House about the direction of the Smithsonian museums. “There is no place like the Smithsonian—it has been one of the great loves of my life, and I am extraordinarily proud of what we have accomplished together,”...

Lonnie Bunch Is Leaving the Smithsonian

After months of clashes with the White House, the historian and leader of the institution is retiring later this year.