EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

Lonnie BunchDATE: 7 p.m. Thursday, March 19, 2015

EVENT: “The Challenge of Building a National Museum”

Lonnie Bunch, founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, will discuss the history and struggle to create the museum, which is slated to open in 2016 on a five-acre tract adjacent to the Washington Monument.

He will examine a variety of challenges, including building on the National Mall, conceptual frameworks, public expectations and contextual terrain of race, as well as provide an update of the current status and future projections for the museum.

PLACE: U-M Museum of Art, Helmut Stern Auditorium, 525 S. State St., Ann Arbor

INFORMATION: The event is free to the public. Visit myumi.ch/JgYla.

SPONSOR: U-M Museum Studies Program