Complex sentence: Verner eventually arranged for Benga to stay in a spare room at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City while Verner tended to other business and negotiated with curator Henry Bumpus over acquisition of Verner's spoils from Africa and potential employment.
Split into simpler sentences: Verner eventually arranged for Benga to stay in a spare room at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City while tending to other business. Verner negotiated with curator Henry Bumpus over acquisition of his acquisitions from Africa and potential employment.