the brooklyn museum of washington confirmed , that it would lay off more than a quarter of its merchandise staff , eliminating 74 jobs in comparison to 53 previously cut over the past year . it again warned that the worsening situation would most likely allow it to shrink its overall worker force by 10 percent ― as much as 250 full - and part - time jobs in all ― before the summer , including some in curatorial and other administration departments .
The Metropolitan Museum has 250 employees.