it would be more ironic for me, as a North American, to say this if I didn't occasionally lock in on Fratelli d'Italia discourse, like the articles are NOT hard to find and read about ethno-cultural nationalism (against South America) from Fratelli d’Italia
The Met's financials are a beautiful mess tbh. My favorite is Lila Acheson Wallace (of Reader's Digest fortune), who bequeathed an endowment for fresh flower arrangements in the Great Hall in perpetuity. Some shit I'd do if I were a billionaire ngl
Crystal Bridges has an awesome collection (like it's a real gem) and def museummogs The Met with its specific endowment fund for free admission, but, to be clear, Crystal Bridges has an endowment of ~$800 million while The Met Museum's endowment is $5 billion (via SWFI)