The temporary closure of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum due to the White House’s initiative to eliminate waste from the federal bureaucracy left critics fuming. 

The Boston, Massachusetts-based library briefly shuttered on Tuesday afternoon after five employees who had worked ticket sales at the front desk were laid off in response to the Trump administration’s directive to lay off nearly all probationary federal workers. Although it reopened the following morning, the library’s closure sparked frustration from patrons, historians, and members of the Kennedy dynasty.