Visitorstomuseumshavetopay“voluntary”admissionfeesBorisJohnsonthemayor(市长)ofLondonurgedyesterday.Hesaidthatencouragingvisitorstosetavalueonmuseumsandartgallerieswhichhavebeenfreesince2001w
Visitorstomuseumshavetopay“voluntary”admissionfeesBorisJohnsonthemayor(市长)ofLondonurgedyesterday.Hesaidthatencouragingvisitorstosetavalueonmuseumsandartgallerieswhichhavebeenfreesince2001wouldworkextremelywell.Mr.JohnsonheldupNewYork’sMetropolitanMuseumofArtasamodel.AlthoughNewYork’smuseumsareofficiallyfreevisitorsarestronglyencouragedtopayarecommendedentryfeeof$20.AttheMetentryisimpossiblewithoutfirstgoingtotheticketdesk.
Mr.Johnson’sspokesmanlateradmittedthatfreeadmissionwasa“hugedraw”forLondonbuthesaid“HavingvisitedtheMetlastweekthemayorisimpressedbyhowtheymaximizevoluntarycontributionsandbelievestherearelessonstobelearnt.”MarkJonesdirectoroftheVictoriaandAlbertMuseumtoldTheTimesthatthemuseumalreadyrequesteda?3donationbutwasnotasforcefulasNewYork’sinstitutions.Hesaid“I’mnotinfavorofanythingthatmakespeoplefeeltheywon’twanttogobecausetheyfeelliketheywillhavetopay.”
Whenentrancefeestonationalmuseumsweredecidednottobechargedherein2001therewasa70percentincreaseinvisitornumbersinthefirstyear.Politicalpartieshavesincebeenunwillingtosuggestchangedespiteconcernsaboutcost.HugoSwiretheformerShadowCultureSecretarywasdismissedin2007forsuggestingthat“museumsandgalleriesshouldhavetherighttochargeiftheywish”.
Someintheartcommunityarguehoweverthatfreeentrancehasdonelittletoincreasethebreadth(广泛)ofvisitorsandhascausedshortfallsinthebudgetforthemuseums.InresponsetoitColinTweedychiefexecutiveofArts&BusinesssaidthatBritainwas“leadingtheworld”inallowingitstreasurestobefreelyavailable.Hesaid“Toreturntomuseumchargingwouldbeareturntothedarkages.”
BenBradshawtheCultureSecretarysaid“Themayorrevealedhistrueintentionwhenhesuggestedthosewhocouldafforditshouldbeencouragedtocontributetothearts.Ibelieveitisadisasterforthecultureartsandsport.”HethinksthatfreemuseumsandgallerieshaveoncebeenoneofthisGovernment’sgreatsuccesses.
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A.museumsinLondonarefreebynow
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