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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Announces Layoffs
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Artforum
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston will lay off thirty-three workers, or about 6.3 percent of its staff, this Friday as it struggles to reckon with a projected $13 million budget shortfall.
The museum will also eliminate another twenty-three positions that are currently vacant, bringing the total percentage of positions cut to roughly 10 percent.
“Our challenge was to create a sustainable business model while remaining true to our mission,” said the museum in a statement.
The union said that it expected sixteen unionized staffers and seventeen other workers to lose their jobs.
The number surpassed the historical pre-pandemic average by 37 percent, but remained significantly lower than the 2019 attendance figure of 1,351,000.