The Smithsonian Institution has named Steven Newsome, an arts administrator and museum executive in Maryland, as director of the Anacostia Museum.
Newsome, 38, brings 15 years of experience with university and public libraries, government cultural agencies, community museums and museum collections to the post. "It is an institution with a hell of a lot of history," said Newsome yesterday. "The Anacostia has been around for 23 years and has been a leader and innovator in African American museumology. I'm humbled and excited."
The directorship has been vacant since August 1989 when John Kinard, its first and only director, died. Newsome, who was one of eight finalists for …
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