The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York has increased its admission prices to $30 for adults (previously $25) and $25 for students and seniors (previously $18). The new adult prices now match those of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (which went from $25 to $30 last year), while student and senior prices at the Whitney are now a few dollars higher than at the Met.
The new prices took effect today, July 13, coinciding with the start of the museum’s fiscal year, according to a press release, which also noted that this is the first price increase since 2016. a year after the museum left its historic location. Marcel Breuer on Madison Avenue and in his current Renzo Piano-designed home in the Meatpacking District. As for the reasoning behind the price hike, the press release cites “inflation, rising costs, and still-recovering attendance,” noting that museum membership fees and free and discounted programs remain unchanged. .
This news comes just over a month after the Whitney sold his building Breuer at Sotheby’s for $100 million. It has been four months since museum workers ratified their first union contract with the Whitneys and Scott Rothkopf took over the management of the establishment.
Admission prices to museums and other cultural institutions have fluctuated recently, with notable increases in Europe in recent months in Pantheon And Uffizi Galleries in Italy, and all along THE UNITED KINGDOM. Meanwhile in the United States, the Harvard Art Museums announced in June that they had waived entry fees quite, and a number of museums in Los Angeles have been test free.
