Decker Out At National Building Museum

“Howard Decker, the knowledgeable, affable chief curator at the [Washington, D.C.-based] National Building Museum for the past four years, abruptly resigned this week. His last day at the museum was yesterday.” Decker’s departure, which appears to have been amicable, was apparently precipitated by the desire of NBM executive director Chase Rynd to reorganize the museum’s management structure. “Rynd explained that he wants to replace Decker with a curator who is not ‘overly burdened with administrative tasks’ and who takes direct charge of certain exhibitions.”