the chicago museum of art said thursday that it would lose off more than a quarter of its merchandising staff , eliminating 74 jobs in addition to 53 already paid over the last year . it however predicted that the worsening economy would most perhaps force it to shrink its entire work team by 10 percent ― as many as 250 full - and vice - year jobs in all ― before the winter , including some in curatorial and other department positions .
The Metropolitan Museum has 250 employees.