With visitors raising their arms in a sign of victory, clapping and lining up eagerly at ticket windows, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art reopened its doors to the public on Saturday, August 29 in a festive atmosphere – a sign for many that the largest US metropolis is returning to normality after a nearly 6-month closure caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
New York, she added, is"the best city in the world, and we're here. We're not going anywhere. It's going to come back better than ever." "It means that there is some semblance of normalcy," Samuel said. "The Met has been a part of New York history for over 150 years... So this is a big first step." Officials at the Met did use the hiatus profitably, studying the lessons, protocols, and practices of counterpart museums. They say they are not overly worried about the prospect of a second wave of virus infections.
Without the usual steady flow of tourists arriving daily, the museum has had to trim expenses and lay off some 20 percent of its pre-pandemic workforce of 2,000.
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