Politics
A Science Museum in Queens Names a New President
Lisa Gugenheim, the former director of the natural history museum, makes a move to the New York Hall of Science.
Good morning. Today we’ll look at the new leader of the New York Hall of Science, which opened 60 years ago this week. We’ll also get details from two security guards who said a senior adviser to Mayor Eric Adams attacked them and then had them arrested.
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This has been a week for job changing.
Glenn Lowry, who has been the director of the Museum of Modern Art since 1995, said that he would step down next September.
Lincoln Center Theater named Lear deBessonet its next artistic director. She will succeed André Bishop, who is retiring in June.
And the New York Hall of Science named Lisa Gugenheim its president and chief executive. She had been the director of the American Museum of Natural History, where she played a major role in planning the $465 million Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation, which opened last year.
“New York Hall of Science” is a mouthful in everyday conversation, so Gugenheim has already learned the shorthand for her new workplace: NYSCI, pronounced “nye-sigh.”
