American Museum of Natural History plans for reopening

American Museum of Natural History plans for reopening

A statue of Theodore Roosevelt on horseback guided by a Native American man, left, and an African man, right, sits in front of the American Museum of Natural History, Monday, June 22, 2020, in New York. The statue, which was installed in1940, will be taken down after objections that it symbolized colonial expansion and racial discrimination. AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

NEW YORK (AP) — Visitors to the American Museum of Natural History would need to make advance online reservations for specific times under a plan for a September reopening pending city and state approval. The museum said Thursday that if it got the necessary approvals, it would open to the public on Sept. 9, and to members a week earlier on Sept. 2. Cultural institutions like the museum had been initially scheduled to re-open in the second half of July, but that was put off by the state with no new date set over concerns that opening indoor spaces like those would lead to a surge in coronavirus cases

 

 

 

 

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