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Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty at the Metropolitan to Stay Open Until Midnight on Last Two Nights

NEW YORK, N.C.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it will offer unprecedented late-night, final weekend hours to accommodate visitors’ extraordinary response to its Costume Institute exhibition, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty. The exhibition will remain open until midnight on its last two days —Saturday, August 6 and Sunday, August 7. This is the first time the Museum has kept an exhibition open until midnight. “We have created these late hours to satisfy the unprecedented interest in this landmark retrospective,” said Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Visitors from across the globe have come to see this remarkable exhibition, and we want to keep it open for as many people as possible. Indeed, these midnight hours will mark a fitting conclusion to this powerful exploration of McQueen’s work.” After 9 p.m. on Saturday, and after 5:30 p.m. on S