Posted Sep 26, 2012, 10:04 PM
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/ar...every-day.html
MoMA Plans to Be Open Every Day
By CAROL VOGEL
September 25, 2012
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Two weeks after the Metropolitan Museum of Art said it was considering staying open seven days a week, the Museum of Modern Art announced that starting in May it would be open every day, including Tuesday, the one day it has traditionally been closed. The main reason is growing attendance, said Glenn D. Lowry, MoMA’s director, in a telephone interview. The number of visitors has nearly doubled, to nearly 3 million annually from around 1.5 million, in the eight years since MoMA reopened after its expansion and renovation in 2004. “Our galleries are pretty close to being maxed out,” Mr. Lowry said. The museum was open every day since its founding in 1929, until 1975, when it closed one day a week (originally Wednesdays) to reduce operating expenses. National museums in the United States, including the National Gallery of Art in Washington, are open every day, as are major London institutions, including the National Gallery, the Tate Modern, the Tate Britain and the Wallace Collection.
Staying open every day will require increasing staff, but will benefit both the museum and the public, Mr. Lowry said. The new schedule cannot begin until May, he added, because the museum already has commitments before then and needs time to add employees. If the Met also decides to stay open every day, something it is expected to announce soon, how will that affect MoMA? “The Met and MoMA are mutually reinforcing,” Mr. Lowry said. “Having the Met open on Mondays will only be good for us.”
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