It also would not hurt to contribute some time or money, she said, as was the case with the $8.9 million, three-year restoration of Bryant Park in midtown.

Despite an expensive three-year restoration - it reopened in 1995 - Apsley House seemed rather dark and lonely.

The dissonance set in only months after the landmark reopening of the theater on Dec. 7 after a three-year restoration.

The ovations had barely died down following the triumphant reopening in December of the famed theater after a three-year restoration when the unrest began.

A three-year restoration completed in 1991 at a cost of $605,000 did not change a thing about the way it operates.

As museum officials explain it, the painstaking three-year restoration was nearly finished last month when two metal towers were built to raise the painting.

The shroud itself was saved but the chapel was gutted, just weeks before the scaffolding was to come down after a three-year restoration.

Their efforts funded a $300,000, three-year restoration that included elements from Wright's original designs that had never been built.

However, in 2004, a three-year restoration of the film was completed.

La Scala reopened last year after a three-year restoration and renovation to improve the theater's acoustics and staging areas.