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How is the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York funded?

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Two thirds from private charitable contributions (half current, half historical, through its endowment), a quarter from annual membership fees and museum admissions (which are, in fact, completely optional), and just under 10% from the City of New York (in the form of maintenance, utilities, and some outright grants.). read more

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially "the Met,"[a] is located in New York City and is the largest art museum in the United States, and is among the most visited art museums in the world.[8] Its permanent collection contains over two million works,[9] divided among seventeen curatorial departments. read more

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