New York City Mandates Vaccines for Museum Visitors and Staff

The mayor and cultural institutions agree to require vaccinations as coronavirus cases rise with the spread of the Delta variant.

New York City plans to require visitors to its museums and other cultural institutions to be vaccinated, a city official said Monday. The policy — which Mayor Bill de Blasio was expected to outline at a news conference on Monday that also addressed sports activities — will require that visitors and employees at the city’s museums, concert halls, aquariums and zoos be vaccinated, according to a City Hall official who was granted anonymity because the policy had yet to be officially announced. Children younger than age 12, who are not eligible to be vaccinated, will have to be accompanied by a vaccinated person and will be encouraged to wear masks.