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华盛顿——历史学家朗尼·邦奇周二宣布，他将于年底卸任史密森学会秘书一职。此前数月，特朗普政府对该机构的批评不断升级。
“我怀着极为复杂的心情和由衷的感激之情宣布我将从史密森学会退休，”邦奇在一份声明中说道。“我近半生的时光都在史密森学会工作，是这个大家庭的一员，这是何等的荣幸。”
在史密森学会工作了38年的邦奇表示，他“带着自豪与悲伤、感激与喜悦，也对那些将推动这座卓越机构继续前行的人们充满信心”地离任。
邦奇在接受《纽约时报》采访时表示，他即将退休并非因为与政府的争执，只是简单地表示“现在是时候了”。
“老实说，这段时间压力很大，”他说。“到了某个节点，我希望早上醒来时不用再盯着手机看。”
现年73岁的邦奇参与创立了史密森学会国家非裔美国人历史文化博物馆，该馆于2016年对外开放。他担任该博物馆执行主任，直至2019年出任史密森学会秘书。他是该学会173年历史上首位担任这一职务的非裔美国人。
担任史密森学会会长兼董事会成员的首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨在一份声明中表示，邦奇“在讲述我们国家的故事方面追求卓越”。
“董事会和史密森学会都从他的智慧、远见和领导力中获益良多，”罗伯茨说道。“我们期待在未来几个月与他合作，确保他的继任者能够顺利交接。”
自特朗普2025年第二任期开始以来，他加大了对该机构的批评力度。政府对史密森学会几家最知名的博物馆展开了内部审查，总统还在2025年3月签署了一项行政命令，推动该机构进行改革，包括移除“不当意识形态”。
审查涉及八家博物馆，其中包括国家非裔美国人历史文化博物馆——特朗普在行政命令中点名该博物馆据称宣扬“分裂性、以种族为中心的意识形态”——以及航空航天博物馆、国家美国历史博物馆和国家肖像画廊等。政府在一封信中表示，审查人员将审视展览内容、未来展览计划、藏品以及博物馆策展人使用的内部流程。
今年7月，特朗普下令联邦官员在美国国家历史博物馆外张贴标牌，纠正他所说的关于美国历史的“不准确”信息。
内政部长道格·伯根姆上月致信史密森学会，指责其领导层“纵容激进的制度意识形态渗透”美国历史博物馆。
“这种激进意识形态的最终影响是削弱我们共同的美国身份认同，抹去我们的遗产，让公众接受将我们的国家机构和传统武器化，以支持激进政治议程的企图，”伯根姆写道。
史密森学会旗下拥有21家博物馆、20座图书馆、众多研究中心以及华盛顿国家动物园。邦奇于1978年首次加入史密森学会，就职于国家航空航天博物馆，随后在2000年之前，他在国家美国历史博物馆担任过多个策展和领导职位。他于2000年离开该机构，五年后返回，负责筹建国家非裔美国人历史文化博物馆。
在2019年接受哥伦比亚广播公司《周日早间》采访时，邦奇表示史密森学会是“维系这个国家的纽带之一”。
“文化非常重要。文化有时会被视为导致人们分裂的因素，但在我看来，文化将我们凝聚在一起——我们拥有的共同文化，以及找到共同立场的机会，”他说道。
Lonnie Bunch, Smithsonian leader, announces retirement after months of Trump administration criticism
September 8, 2026 / 1:22 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington— Historian Lonnie Bunch will leave his position as secretary of the Smithsonian at the end of the year, he announced Tuesday, after months of escalating criticism of the institution from the Trump administration.
“It is with very mixed emotions and heartfelt gratitude that I announce my retirement from the Smithsonian,” Bunch said in a statement. “I have spent nearly half of my life working at and being part of the Smithsonian family, and what a privilege it has been.”
Bunch, who has worked for the Smithsonian for 38 years, said he leaves the position “with pride and sadness, gratitude and joy, and with enormous confidence in the people who will carry this remarkable institution forward.”
Bunch told The New York Times in an interview that his upcoming retirement wasn’t due to the fights with the administration, saying simply that “now’s the time.”
“I have to be honest, it has been stressful,” he said. “And at a certain point, I’d like to wake up in the morning and not look at my cellphone.”
Lonnie Bunch poses for a portrait in May 2026 in Washington, D.C. Al Drago/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Bunch, 73, co-founded the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened in 2016. He served as executive director of the museum until he became secretary of the Smithsonian in 2019. He was the first African American to hold the role in its 173-year history.
Chief Justice John Roberts, who serves as chancellor of the Smithsonian and sits on its Board of Regents, said in a statement that Bunch “has pursued excellence in the telling of our nation’s story.”
“The Regents, and the Smithsonian, have benefited greatly from his wisdom, vision and leadership,” Roberts said. “We look forward to working with him in the coming months to ensure a smooth transition for his successor.”
Since President Trump’s second term began in 2025, he has stepped up criticism of the institution. The administration launched an internal review of some of the Smithsonian’s best-known museums, and the president signed an executive order in March 2025 pushing for changes at the institution, including the removal of “improper ideology.”
The review focused on eight museums, including the National Museum of African American History and Culture— which was highlighted in Mr. Trump’s executive order for allegedly featuring “divisive, race-centered ideology” — as well as the Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of American History and the National Portrait Gallery, among others. The administration said in a letter that reviewers would be looking at content for exhibits, plans for future exhibitions, collections and internal processes used by the museum’s curators.
In July of this year, Mr. Trump ordered federal officials to install signs outside the National Museum of American History to correct what he said was “inaccurate” information presented about American history.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum sent a letter to the Smithsonian last month accusing its leadership of having “sanctioned a radical institutional ideology to permeate” the American history museum.
“The ultimate effect of this radical ideology is to weaken our shared American identity. erase our heritage and condition the public to accept these attempts to weaponize our national institutions and traditions in support of a radical political agenda,” Burgum wrote.
The Smithsonian Institution includes 21 museums, 20 libraries, numerous research centers, and the National Zoo in Washington. Bunch first joined the Smithsonian in 1978 at the National Air and Space Museum, and then served in several curatorial and leadership positions at the National Museum of American History through 2000. He left the intitution in 2000 before returning five years later to oversee the creation of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
In an interview with CBS “Sunday Morning” in 2019, Bunch said that the Smithsonian is “part of the glue that holds the country together.”
“Culture is so important. Culture is something that sometimes is seen as dividing people, but in my mind, culture holds us together — the common cultures we have, the opportunity to find common ground,” he said.
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