City of Fresno Catches Major Heat for Trying to Save Its Metropolitan Museum

The now shuttered Smithsonian-affiliate, the Fresno Metropolitan Museum, was already in trouble with Ansel Adams‘ family for trying to auction off his donated work to help pay off their bankruptcy debt, and now the museum is at the center of another complaint, this time against the town’s government. The county’s Grand Jury has lashed out at the City of Fresno for their spending of $15 million to try and save the museum six months ago, when it first hit serious sink-or-swim problems.