UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 22, Page 6
February 29, 1996
Museum studies lecture tomorrow

     Lonnie Bunch, assistant director of the National Museum of
American History of the Smithsonian Institution, will speak on
"Interpreting Race in American Museums" at 3 p.m., Friday, March 1, in
Room 202 of Old College.
     Cosponsored by the Department of History and the Black American
Studies Program, the talk is part of the Museum Studies Spring Lecture
Forum.
     Bunch previously served as curator in the Division of Political
History of the museum. Before that, he was senior curator of history
of the California Afro-American Museum.
     He has published extensively in the fields of African-American
history and the role of museums in American society.
     The series will continue with a panel discussion on "Why Visitors
Matter," at 3 p.m., Friday, April 19, in Room 202 of Old College.
Participants will be Minda Borun, director of research and evaluation
of the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia; Elizabeth
Bredin, director of public programs of the Hillwood Museum in
Washington D.C.; and Randi Korn, consultant of Randi Korn & Associates
in Alexandria, Va.