Before Covid-19 spurred layoffs, the Met spent a median of $200 million a year on employees prices, or about two-thirds of its annual working revenue of roughly $300 million. The much smaller Toledo museum spends a median of $9 million a year on staff—half director Levine’s price range. Most public assist happens on the state and native degree, nevertheless it varies extensively by neighborhood. The art museum in Toledo, for example, receives no government funding. An hour away, voters in metro Detroit just lately…