But the museum keeps two small galleries open to the public.
The museum also keeps an eye on important gallery shows.
The museums keep their works in the basement, not on the wall.
The museum will keep open hours through an ongoing expansion, to be finished in 2012.
At any given time the museum keeps more than a dozen galleries closed to the public, another way of cutting costs.
Sir Timothy and the museum had kept quiet about the discovery so that he could prepare his research.
Now the museum can keep its most important works on permanent view.
It was for the convenience of those who had to earn their bread that the museum kept later hours.
The museum has kept its name so that it can re-open when the economy improves.
The museums alone would keep one occupied for a month.