Many museums charge for admission while others are free. Do you think the advantages of charging people for admission to museums outweigh the disadvantages? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Nowadays, it is common to see several museums that come with an

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cost and at the same time, there are others that welcome anyone for free of charge. Personally, I agree with the fact that museums should be tagged with a price as opposed to opening their doors for free for the following reasons.

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, by charging

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fees, museums will be more able to take care of their maintenance expenses.

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, they will be able to run the museum more cost-effectively as they'll be able to pay their daily expenses

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as labour salaries, rent costs and other expenses. One of the museums

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located right across my street

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, that used to operate without a price tag was almost at the verge of closing down as it couldn't keep up with its maintenance costs. After they decided to charge a small

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fee, they were clearly able to avoid the closure.

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why, I firmly believe that admission fees are of utmost necessity for places like the museums.

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, there is a sense of security when museums come at a cost. To be more specific, if

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places are offered to explore for free,

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the wrong people can enter and

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could result in theft or burglary of valuable items.

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, when the same museum in my neighbourhood operated with no

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fees, some thieves entered the place and managed to get away with items that was worth over three hundred thousand dollars. In conclusion, I whole-heartedly believe that there are more good sides than bad when attractions like museums charge

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fees. They will be more able to manage their finances and pay for things like maintenance expenses and

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, it will not encourage the wrong people to enter the museum.