the metropolitan palace of art declared thursday that it would lay off more than a second of its merchandising staff , removing 74 jobs in addition to 53 already cut over the last years . it also wrote that the worsening economy would most probable influence it to reduced its overall works force by 10 percent ― as many as 250 full - and part - timer jobs in all ― before the summer , including some in curator and other pivotal departments .
The Metropolitan Museum has 250 employees.