June 30, 2009

Jewish Museum cuts hours, adds 2-for-1 July admission

Due to budget reasons, the Jewish Museum is changing its hours starting this week, closing its doors entirely on Wednesdays, and closing other galleries on some weekdays.

The museum will keep its free Saturdays policy (from 11 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.,) plus for July only is offering two-for-one admission - if you have the printable flyer.

It will also add hours on Friday. Previously the museum was closed on Friday, but starting this week it will remain open until 5:45 p.m. until Oct. 16. For two Fridays — Oct. 23 and Oct. 30 — it will close at 5 p.m. Then from Nov. 6 through March 13, the Friday closing time will drop to 4 p.m.

On Thursdays, the museums will close at 5:45 pm rather than 8 p.m. In addition, the galleries to the permanent collection will close on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The change in the hours comes on top of a 10 percent staff cut through attrition and layoffs in March, which meant the loss of about 13 or 14 people, said Anne Scher, the director of communications for the museum. The recession, along with declines in the endowment and contributions, is the cause, but every effort is being made to limit the impact, Scher said.

Temporary exhibitions now on view include “Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker” and “The Danube Exodus: The Rippling Currents of the River—by Péter Forgács and The Labyrinth Project” through Aug. 2.

The Jewish Museum is located on the Upper East Side at 1109 Fifth Ave. at 92nd Street, map.

Image source: Mayer Kirshenblatt from the exhibition “They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust” through Oct. 1
Purim Play: “The Kraków Wedding,” c. 1994
Acrylic on canvas
30 × 40 in. (76.2 × 101.6 cm)
Collection of Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett and Max Gimblett
Courtesy of Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
© 2009 Mayer Kirshenblatt

June 30, 2009 3:00 PM in Cheap Stuff, Museums, Sightsology, Upper East Side

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