Charleston Regional Business Journal: Smithsonian secretary to help kick off new Charleston museum speaker series
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By Hollie Moore
An executive with the Smithsonian National Museum of History will participate in the launch of a new speaker series at the International African American Museum in downtown Charleston.
The Salon Marronge speaker series will feature “prominent and provocative artists, thought leaders and changemakers” speaking with Tonya Matthews, president and CEO of IAAM, and will kick off with Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III, according to a news release.