National African American Museum Opened With Artifacts From Homes

Aug.19 — Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch talks about how he built the National Museum of African American History and Culture from scratch. Bunch says 75% of the 40,000 artifacts at the museum were collected from homes around the country. He appears on the latest episode of “The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations.” The interview was recorded Aug. 3 in Chantilly, VA.

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