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THE BROOKLYN Museum has raised admission fees, trimmed exhibitioncosts and taken other belt-tightening measures to offset a $301,000cutback in aid from the city, museum officials have announced. The suggested general admission contribution is now $3 - a $1 increase, which became effective Labor Day. The museum has also reduced the operating budget of each department by 10 percent, indefinitely postponed at least one show, closed one gallery and laid off two staff members. Fees for parking and various public programs have also been raised.
The funding reduction is part of a widespread cutback in aid to the city's cultural institutions for fiscal 1987. "We expected...