the metropolitan museum of art mentioned thursday that it likely lay off more than a quarter of its sponsorships staff , eliminated 74 jobs in addition to 53 already cut over the previously quarter . it also warned that the escalating situation would most significantly lead it to grow its overall labour load by 10 percent ― as little as 250 full - and part - time people in all ― before the election , including some in curatorial and other museum departments .
the philadelphia museum has 250 members .