ENEW YORK, NY - Imyuziyam yeMetropolitan yoBugcisa ibhengeze namhlanje ukuba abantu abazizigidi ezi-6.2-abasuka kwisiXeko saseNew York, indawo ye-tri-state, kulo lonke elase-United States, kunye namazwe angaphandle angama-187-batyelele iMyuziyam kunyaka-mali ophele nge-30 kaJuni. Kunyaka wesithathu ulandelelana, ukubakho kwiZiko loLondolozo lweMbali kudlule kwizigidi ezithandathu—elona qondo liphezulu lokutyelelwa ukususela oko iMyuziyam yaqalisa ukulandela iinkcukacha-manani zokwamkelwa kwabafundi kwiminyaka engama-40 eyadlulayo. Inani libandakanya ukubakho kuzo zombini ezona zakhiwo ziphambili kwi-Fifth Avenue kunye neMyuziyam yaseCloisters kunye nezitiya ezikumantla eManhattan, isebe leMetropolitan elizinikele kubugcisa kunye noyilo lwamaXesha Aphakathi. AbakwaCloisters baye bafumana ukwanda okumangalisayo kwe-50% yabazimasi kulo nyaka-mali uphelileyo, betsalela abatyeleli abaphantse babe ngama-350,000.
"Siyazingca ukwazisa ukuba, kunyaka wesithathu ngokulandelelana, samkele iindwendwe ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezithandathu kwiMyuziyam," kusho uThomas P. Campbell, uMlawuli kunye ne-CEO ye-Metropolitan. “Oku kubonisa ngokucacileyo uchulumanco oluqhubekayo loluntu ngokuqokelela, imiboniso kunye neenkqubo zeMyuziyam. Kulo Septemba, siza kuvula i-David H. Koch Plaza entsha phambi kwesakhiwo sethu esikhulu ecaleni kweFifth Avenue. Sakuba sigqityiwe ukwakhiwa, esi sakhiwo sitsha siza kuba sesona sikhululo sitsha kwezona ndawo ziphambili zikawonke-wonke kwisiXeko saseNew York, nto leyo eya kunika iindwendwe zethu ezivela ehlabathini lonke ithuba lokungena kwiMet.”
Uqhube wathi, “Sikwavuyiswa kakhulu kukuba abakwaCloisters babhiyozele ukubakho kwabantu ngendlela engazange ibonwe kulo nyaka-mali udlulileyo, ohambelana nesikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-75. Abanye abatyeleli abali-110,000 batyelele imiboniso yeCloisters, imiboniso yengqokelela, kunye nezitiya, xa kuthelekiswa nonyaka ongaphambili.”
Lo ibingunyaka wokuqala wokuba iMyuziyam ivuleleke kuluntu iintsuku ezisixhenxe ngeveki. Ukongeza, ixesha lokuvula lafuduswa laya kutsho ngo-10:00 kusasa, ngoxa amaqela ezikolo aye amkelwa kwangethuba ukususela ngo-9:30. (IMyuziyam ibivaliwe ngaphambili ngeMivulo.)
Abatyeleli kuNyaka-mali ka-2014 batsalwe ngamanani amakhulu kwi-New European Paintings Galleries, 1250–1800 (evulwe nge-23 kaMeyi 2013) kunye neZiko elisanda kulungiswa nelisandula ukubizwa ngokuba yi-Anna Wintour Costume Centre (evulwe nge-8 kaMeyi 2014). Ukususela nge-30 kaJuni, i-2014, ezo ndawo zegalari zamkele i-729,839 kunye neendwendwe ze-143,843 ngokulandelanayo.
Ukuzinyaswa kweziboniso bekunamandla ngakumbi nge-30 kaJuni yeJewels yi-JAR (257,243); ISilla: UBukumkani Begolide baseKorea (194,105 191,866); IBalthus: Iikati Namantombazana—Imizobo Nezixhokonxa (189,209 1500); I-Ken Price Sculpture: I-Retrospective (1800); I-Interwoven Globe: I-Worldwide Textile Trade, 180,322-151,154 (127,224); Ubuchwephesha be-Ink: Ngaphambili njengangoku kwi-China yanamhlanje (XNUMX); yaye, kwi The Cloisters, Janet Cardiff: The Forty Part Motet (XNUMX).
Iiveki zokugqibela zemiboniso edumileyo yehlobo lokugqibela iPUNK: Chaos to Couture (eyavala ngo-Agasti 14 kwaye yatsala iindwendwe ezingama-442,350), iFotografi kunye neMfazwe yaseMelika yaseMelika (eyavala ngo-Agasti 25 kwaye yatsala abantu abangama-323,853), kunye neKomishoni yeGadi yeRoof: Imran Qureshi ( evalwe nge-3 kaNovemba kwaye yayizinyaswe ngabatyeleli abangama-395,239) nayo ibe negalelo eliphezulu lokuzimasa ngo-FY 2014.
Inani lokuzimasa elizizigidi ezi-6.2 lilonke kwi-Met libandakanya abatyeleli bezikolo abaphantse babe ngama-206,000. Ubulungu buphelele kwi-151,269.
Ukongeza, iwebhusayithi ye-Metropolitan Museum (www.metmuseum.org) irekhode ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-26 abasebenzisi abohlukileyo kuNyaka-mali wama-2014. I-akhawunti ye-Facebook yeMyuziyam inabalandeli abangaphezu kwe-1.17 yezigidi (efikelela kubantu abazizigidi ezingama-92). Ukutya kwayo kwe-Twitter kufikelela ngaphezu kwe-760,000. Kwaye i-akhawunti yayo ye-Instagram, esanda kuphumelela imbasa ye-Webby, ngoku inabalandeli be-180,000. IMyuziyam iqalise ubukho bayo kwi-Weibo, enye yezona nethiwekhi zikhulu zeendaba zoluntu zaseTshayina, ngoDisemba 2013; Izithuba zeMet sele zineembono eziphantse zibe zizigidi ezi-3.
I-David H. Koch Plaza iya kuvulwa ngoSeptemba 9, 2014. Le ndawo intsha kawonke-wonke ephambi kweMetropolitan iya kubandakanya ukufikelela okuphuculweyo, imithombo yangoku, imbonakalo-mhlaba entsha kunye nezibane, kunye nezihlalo. Ukwakhiwa kweplaza entsha kwenzeka ngoJanuwari 2013.
