Many museums charge for admission while others are free. Do you think the advantages of charging people for admission to museums outweighs the disadvantages.

Some museums charge for

entrance

fee

while some do not. In my opinion, I think the merit of charging an

entrance

fee

, which is creation of

income

for smooth operation overshadows the drawback which is the incidence of low turnout. Admittedly, a major disadvantage of

this

fee

is the low turnout of visitors to the

museum

. Museums house antiques and artefacts for both educational purposes and

also

to enlighten the members of the public about their historical cultures. If a

fee

is attached to

such

places, people might be discouraged because on a regular basis a

museum

is not a place people love to go for leisure. Take

for instance

, when the national

museum

in Japan opened and attached an

entrance

fee

, there was a very low turnout and the managers had to go back to the drawing board to review their terms. Despite the fact that attaching a

fee

might reduce attendance rate of visitors, an

income

is favourable for the

museum

as

this

will be used to run the operations and

also

manage the

museum

. Lots of funds go into running a

museum

before it can be done effectively. The Hongkong

museum

,

for instance

, hosts monthly conferences and educational shows and In order to ensure that these shows go well, experienced teachers and lecturers are hired as tour guides and they have to be paid,

hence

, the need for

income

cannot be over-emphasized. To conclude, while weighing the merits and drawbacks of

entrance

fee

, the advantages still overshadow the disadvantages, as

income

is very much necessary to run a

museum

and to enable smooth operation.