Met lays off 34 employees

The Metropolitan Museum in New York announced on Wednesday that it is laying off 34 employees as part of a larger financial restructuring that saw the departure of a number of senior executives and the voluntary buyout of 57 employees nearing retirement this summer. The recent cuts, which account for around 1.5% of the total staff, do not include the curatorial or conservation departments but come largely from administrative teams such as finance and digital media, according to the Wall Street