{"id":98881008,"date":"2011-07-27T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/travel-trends\/nyc-s-metropolitan-museum-of-art-open-late-night-during-blockbuster-exhibition\/"},"modified":"2011-07-27T16:09:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T16:09:00","slug":"nyc-s-metropolitan-museum-of-art-open-late-night-during-blockbuster-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/nyc-s-metropolitan-museum-of-art-open-late-night-during-blockbuster-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC\u2019s Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Late Night during Blockbuster Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nThe Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City will keep its doors open later than ever during the final two days of a blockbuster exhibition.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOn August 6 and 7, the Met will stay open until midnight, an unprecedented move in the institution&rsquo;s history, to accommodate crowds gathering for the &ldquo;Alexander McQueen: Save Beauty&rdquo; exhibition.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe show, which showcases the work of a British fashion designer who committed suicide last year, has been drawing record crowds since opening on May 4. Met officials estimate 500,000 people have already views the exhibit.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThroughout the summer the museum has been taking special steps due to the raging popularity. The show&rsquo;s run has already been extended twice and (for $50) visitors have been allowed to visit on Mondays, when the museum is normally closed.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/07\/27\/met-museum-to-stay-open-later-than-ever-before-for-mcqueen-show\/\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City will keep its doors open later than ever during the final two days of a blockbuster exhibition. &nbsp; On August 6 and 7, the Met will stay open until midnight, an unprecedented move in the institution&rsquo;s history, to accommodate crowds gathering for the &ldquo;Alexander McQueen: Save [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98881008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98881008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98881008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98881008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98881008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98881008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98881008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}