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.

A

museum

is an entity that preserves the

artifacts

a man-made object taken as a whole

artefacts

of history and works as an important representative of a nation’s tradition and culture.

Thus

the importance of museums to convey the historical facts to the new generation is beyond controversy.

However

, there are scopes to discuss whether entry to a

museum

should be free or not. I personally believe that there should be no charge for the

museum

entry as charging people for that have more demerits.

To begin

with,

ticket

money

for

museum

entrance discourages many students and low-income families to visit them. The collection of large museums increases day by day and

thus

people need to visit museums on a regular basis, not just once in a lifetime. When people need to spend

money

to witness history, many of them prefer going to

movies

Suggestion

the movies

instead

.

Furthermore

, museums are mostly run by state funds and like public parks, sea beaches and libraries, they should be free of cost. The main reason museums get public funds is to convey the national history to the young people and to act as a national pride, not to earn from

ticket

money

. From

this

regards, charging people for visiting museums have far more demerits than an

ignorable

incapable of being cured

incurable

advantage it offers. Proponents of

museum

entrance fee believe that the

ticket

money

is necessary for its maintenance while they fail to realise that

this

cost could easily be covered by the tax payers’

money

. Charging these people and their children again is unrealistic.

Finally

, free entry to the

museum

would attract more international visitors and spread the cultural uniqueness to the world and

thus

bring more tourists to a country. If there are charges, tourists would visit more popular places than the museums. To conclude, free entrance to museums have numerous long terms and immediate benefits that far outweigh the single monetary advantage

ticket

money

system has.