Lonnie G. Bunch III, the founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, is at work to make his vision, which is to build a national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African-American life, art, history and culture, a reality. Currently the museum location has not been decided, but the Smithsonian board of regents is expected to select a site during its scheduled meeting in late January of 2006. Congress asked the regents to consider four sites for the first major African-American history museum. One is the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building on the Mall; a second is opposite the Washington Monument. The others are a short distance from the Mall. President Bush has weighed in, saying he favors a location on the Mall. Although Congress authorized $3.9 million in start-up financing in 2003, the new museum will still require an estimated $300 million in private and public funds before it's completed. Bunch says he's counting on a strong and growing Black middle class for support and hopes to capitalize on those with a "pent-up need" to see Black America's story told.