New York MoMA’s new 7-day week

NEW YORK, USA – New York’s Museum of Modern Art plans to move to a 7-days-a-week schedule starting Wednesday, May 1, after a similar announcement by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The MoMA said it was ending its traditional Tuesday closings due to strong public demand.

The expanded hours take the museum — which houses collections of Picasso and other modern masters — back to the schedule kept between its 1929 founding and 1975, when cost-cutting measures were introduced.

Since renovations at MoMA in 2004, annual visitor numbers have grown from 1.5 to 3 million.

“Expanding the Museum’s hours to be open to the public 7 days per week will help meet the demand from a growing audience,” director Glenn Lowry said.

The Met museum, with more than two million works of art from around the world, is kicking off its 7/7 schedule from July 1. Until now, the massive museum has been closed on Mondays.

“Art is a 7-day-a-week passion, and we want the Met to be accessible whenever visitors have the urge to experience this great museum,” director Thomas Campbell said, citing last year’s 6.28 million visitors. – Rappler.com