the metropolitan museum of art claimed daily that it must put off more than a quarter of its merchandising staff , eliminating 74 people in additional to 53 already cut over the recent year . it also feared that the instability economy would most likely force it to shrink its annual work force by 10 percent ― as many as 250 full - and parts - time jobs in all ― before the summer , including some in multi-disciplinary and other pivotal departments .
The Metropolitan Museum has 250 employees.