the metropolitan museum of art said thursday that it would die off more than a quarter of its sponsorships staff , destroying 74 jobs in comparison to 53 so dropped over the last season . it also warned that the worsening conditions must most likely force it to shrink its total labour staff by 10 percent ― as few as 250 mid - and part - time jobs in all ― before the summer , including some in curatorial and other pivotal departments .
The Metropolitan Museum has 250 employees.