A statement from Met leadership regarding COVID-19:
1/5 We will be closing all three locations—The Met Fifth Avenue, The Met Breuer, and The Met Cloisters—temporarily starting tomorrow, March 13, to support New York City’s effort to contain the spread of COVID-19.
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2/5 The Museum will undertake a thorough cleaning and plans to announce next steps early next week.
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3/5 “While we don’t have any confirmed cases connected to the Museum, we believe that we must do all that we can to ensure a safe and healthy environment for our community...
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4/5 … which at this time calls for us to minimize gatherings while maintaining the cleanest environment possible. We look forward to soon announcing when we’ll be able to welcome our staff and visitors back to the Museum.”
—Dan Weiss, President and CEO
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5/5 For more information on Museum response, policies, and event cancelations visit met.org/Updates
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Good call. For those of us who have viewed the latest — Sahel exhibit: Sahara; Rayyane Tablet Alien Property: Syria; (new) British Art & Design; (new) Crosswords: Power and Piety etc. — let’s tweet pics of artworks for the duration. The Met is one of the best refuges on Earth.
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