Editing Metropolitan Museum of Art (section)

====Board====
Although the City of New York owns the museum building and contributes utilities, heat, and some of the cost of guardianship, the collections are owned by a private corporation of fellows and benefactors which totals about 950 people. The museum is governed by a board of trustees of 41 elected members, several officials of the City of New York, and persons honored as trustees by the museum. The current co-chairs of the board, [[Candace Beinecke]] and [[Hamilton E. James]], were elected in 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2020/11/11/metropolitan-museum-board-appoints-first-woman-co-chair | title=Metropolitan Museum board appoints first woman co-chair | date=November 11, 2020 }}</ref> Other notable trustees include [[Anna Wintour]], [[Richard Chilton]], [[Hughes Hubbard & Reed|Candace Beinecke]], [[Alejandro Santo Domingo]].<ref name="The Metropolitan Museum of Art-2014">{{cite web| url=http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/annual-reports/~/media/924DCB0D4562488A8DC818F4515912BE.pdf| title=Annual Report: Board of Trustees| date=November 1, 2014| publisher=The Metropolitan Museum of Art| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217062337/http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/annual-reports/~/media/924DCB0D4562488A8DC818F4515912BE.pdf| archive-date=December 17, 2014}}</ref> The New York City Mayor, [[New York City Council|City Council]] speaker, and [[New York City Comptroller]] serve as [[ex officio]] trustees, who appoint representatives to serve on the board without pay.<ref>{{Cite news|title='The ultimate status symbol': Adams appoints nightclub owner to Metropolitan Museum board|work=Politico|date=May 5, 2022|access-date=June 9, 2023|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/05/eric-adams-new-york-metropolitan-museum-board-00029840}}</ref>

The activities of board of trustees are organized and based upon the activities of the individual trustees and their various committees as of 2016.<ref name="The Metropolitan Museum of Art-2014"/> The several committees of the board of trustees include the committees listed as Nominating, Executive, Acquisitions, Finance, Investment, Legal, Education, Audit, Employee Benefits, External Affairs, Merchandising, Membership, Building, Technology, and The Fund for the Met.<ref name="The Metropolitan Museum of Art-2014"/>