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Hollein said he and the Lauder family began quietly fundraising two weeks ago for an endowment to pay for the ongoing upkeep of the museum, officially known as the Met Ronald S. Lauder Neue Galerie.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

“Home modifications and repairs, ongoing upkeep, paid help and in-home healthcare are not ‘extra’ costs — they are part of the real retirement budget.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

At the St. James Theatre, where “American Utopia,” the David Byrne theatrical concert, has reopened, the ongoing upkeep issue is more exotic.

From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2021

The particularly neat thing about bottle gardens is that, if done properly, they can become self-sustaining ecosystems that require little to no ongoing upkeep.

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2021