the chicago museum of art mentioned thursday that it would death off more than a third of its marketing staff , eliminating 74 jobs in response to 53 that cut over the last year . it also warned that the deterioration economy would most likely force it to decrease its overall work force by 10 percent ― as many as 250 first - and part - time people in all ― before the summer , with some in curatorial and other pivotal departments .
The Metropolitan Museum has 250 employees.