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Tenement Museum Announces New President

Annie Polland will lead in an unprecedented time in the institution’s history

12/8/2020, New York, NY– The Tenement Museum Board of Trustees announced today that Dr.

Annie Polland has been named the institution’s next President, effective January 2021. Polland served as Executive Vice President of Programs and Interpretation at the Museum from 2009 to 2018 before becoming Executive Director of the American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS).

Polland will replace Dr. Morris J. Vogel, who has served as president since October 2019, a position to which he returned after serving as Tenement Museum president from 2008 until his initial retirement in 2017.

“We are thrilled to welcome Annie back to the Museum as our new President!” said Merryl Snow Zegar, Board Co-Chair.

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