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Pamela Junior, Anne Brennan,
Pamela Junior has announced her retirement and will be resigning as director of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and Mississippi History Museum.
Junior was appointed director over the two museums in 2019, two years after being named head of the Civil Rights Museum. Her appointment to the top position capped a long career that included time as a park ranger with the National Park Service and as manager of the Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center. Highlights of Junior’s career include participating in the retirement of the 1894 Mississippi State Flag at a ceremony in 2020 and leading the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis through the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. In 2018, she helped establish two highly attended programs at the Civil Rights Museum, including a Martin Luther King Jr. Day of programming and the MLK Night of Culture.
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“Pamela is a woman who knows that she did not travel her road alone, but on the shoulders of those who came before her,” said civil rights leader Merlie Evers. “Pamela is imbued with the fortitude, wisdom and faith of her grandmother, mother, mentors and civil rights veterans. Her leadership reflects her commitment to Mississippi and the honest telling of our history.”
Anne Brennan, long-time Executive Director at the Cameron Art Museum (CAM) in Wilmington, North Carolina retired on March 31, 2023. Deputy Director Heather Wilson will take on the role on an interim basis.
Ms. Brennan began as curator and registrar of collections at CAM in 1990, when it was still known as the St. John’s Museum of Art. She later hosted her first solo exhibition, was named assistant director in 2010 and named executive director in 2011.
“These precious years in service to the community through Cameron Art Museum have been my greatest honor and joy. With all my heart, I thank you. And now, with the brilliant leadership and dedication of CAM’s Board of Trustees, and the passion and professionalism of CAM’s staff, this next passage in the life of CAM will flourish as an even more extraordinary engagement with people, and engagement with dialogue. With your continuing support, let’s keep learning together from art, gaining a deeper understanding of ourselves in relation to one another,” Brennan said.
Heather Wilson joined CAM staff in 2006 and was promoted to deputy director in 2019.
