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With more patrons opting to go to museums on their free days or only paying the minimum suggested donation on others, local museums are being thrifty themselves by dipping into their own collections for upcoming shows. WCBS 2 points to the Brooklyn Museum's recent exhibition of Coptic and Pagan sculpture and the MOMA's fall presentation of Claude Monet's water lilies series as shows that draw largely or entirely from the museums' own respective holdings. The Brooklyn Museum recently just raised its rates after recent months have seen an increase in visitors on their free First Saturdays by almost 50% to over 10,000. A spokesman for the Met doesn't think cutbacks will get too dramatic saying, "There's no thought of changing hours, closing galleries, aborting the schedule.'' The president of the Association of Art Museum Directors added, ''Although all nonprofits and profits are struggling, we do have a curious place in this reality.''
With More Folks Choosing Freebies, Museums Serve Leftovers
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the cops have busted the block of canal street near pearl paint.
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would appreciate a story on prices of admission to planetariums and observatories. i'm in the market. thx.
''Although all nonprofits and profits are struggling, we do have a curious place in this reality.'' I must presume he's referring to art museums rather than historical museums or the "hands on grab and break whatever you can" interactive science museums. The latter being more of a take Johnnie and little Suzy to a museum on a rainy Saturday afternoon obligation.
But then again there are a lot of other nonprofits and for profit organizations trying for the same bucks, whether it be "Baseballs for Brazilians" or "Books for Botswana." The pot all of a sudden got smaller.
"only paying the minimum suggested donation"? The nerve of some people!
When I was a kid, the Metropolitan was free and there was nobody there. I often roamed around all by myself, looking at the art and antiquities. You guys will never know how amazing that was.