A native New Yorker who has been going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art since childhood, Charles Baum is eager to see the institution reopen its doors in coming days after a five-month shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. “I can’t wait to get back,” said Mr. Baum, a 70-year-old resident of Manhattan’s Upper West Side who is also a frequent visitor of the Museum of Modern Art, or MoMA, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among other New York City institutions.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 22, 2020 13:52 UTC