The Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of the American Latino promised Tuesday that it would not use racial preferences in one of its internship programs to settle a lawsuit.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
With the number of Covid-19 cases rising throughout the US, many museums that reopened in the summer or fall are now facing a second wave of closures. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, announced today that it will close from 16 December to comply with Mayor Marty Walsh’s orders of a partial shutdown of the city. Down the street, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Collection will also shut its doors, and across town the ICA Boston is doing the same. The MFA has said it hopes to reopen in January.
Museums across Philadelphia, including the Barnes Foundation and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, are also closing, as is the Milwaukee Museum of Art, which aims for a second reopening in January. In Los Angeles, most museums have been closed since the pandemic first sent the city into lockdown earlier this year. According to a recent survey by the American Alliance of Museums, nearly a third of museums throughout the US have remained closed since March.