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

We don’t have sufficient staff who are actually skilled in operating the ticketing system,” said the library's director, Alan Price.

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum reopened Wednesday morning after shutting down suddenly Tuesday afternoon as a result of federal layoffs. " People were crying. It was surreal," said one visitor who was there Tuesday.