the toledo journal of art said thursday that it would lay off more than a quarter of its merchandising staff , eliminating 74 jobs in addition to 53 existing cut over the latest year . it also warned that the crisis situation would most likely drive it to shrink its overall workers forces by 10 percent ― as many as 250 whole - and third - time jobs in all ― before the summer , including some in curatorial and other government positions .
The Metropolitan Museum has 250 employees.