Coronavirus Relief Funds: Big Museums Don’t Need the Money

I just read that Laura Lott, the president of the American Alliance of Museums, called President Trump “irresponsible and shameful” for suspending talks with Congress on the next wave of COVID-19 cash. Takes two to tango, but that’s another story. The Feds have already borrowed $2 trillion to address the Chinese coronavirus hysteria, but the museum community wants a few billion when the pig trough is replenished. There’s a bill circulating with a $4.9 billion price tag for arts organizations. Lott says 50,000 letters have gone to Congress demanding that a chunk of the cash to go to museums.

Well, I’m sending the 50,001st letter demanding that Congress do no such thing. “We’ve witnessed massive layoffs and furloughs” in the museum world, Lott says. “The pain has been incalculable.”

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I just read that Laura Lott, the president of the American Alliance of Museums, called President Trump “irresponsible and shameful” for suspending talks with Congress on the next wave of COVID-19 cash. Takes two to tango, but that’s another story. The Feds have already borrowed $2 trillion to address the Chinese coronavirus hysteria, but the museum community wants a few billion when the pig trough is replenished. There’s a bill circulating with a $4.9 billion price tag for arts organizations. Lott says 50,000 letters have gone to Congress demanding that a chunk of the cash to go to museums.

Well, I’m sending the 50,001st letter demanding that Congress do no such thing. “We’ve witnessed massive layoffs and furloughs” in the museum world, Lott says. “The pain has been incalculable.”