Bjorkman named director of Kentucky Museum at Western

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University has a new director.

He is Brent Bjorkman (BYORK’-man), who has been interim director since August.

Bjorkman is also a clinical assistant professor in the Folk Studies Department at Western and director of the Kentucky Folklife Program.

He has worked around the country in public folklore areas, including as folklife specialist with the Kentucky Folklife Program, associate director of the American Folklore Society and executive director of the Vermont Folklife Center.

Bjorkman is also a member of the American Folklore Society executive board and is an adviser to the Kentucky Oral History Commission.

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