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Normally, the Met Gala is one of only four days per year when the Met Museum closes to the public (the other days are Christmas, New Year’s Day, and Thanksgiving). But COVID-19 is changing that, as the Met Museum announced that the museum will be closed beginning March 13, 2020, including its flagship location on Fifth Avenue (where the Met Gala takes place), the Met Breuer, and The Cloisters. “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, which at this time calls for us to minimize gatherings while maintaining the cleanest environment possible,” said Daniel Weiss, president and chief executive of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in a statement to The New York Times.
The buildings will undergo a “thorough cleaning” with the next steps to be announced later, per a museum statement. In addition to the venue itself being closed, the Met Gala could also theoretically be subject to New York’s ban on gatherings over 500 people. If you think that means the Met Gala is canceled, though, think again.
Written by: Nicki
