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

Museums in many countries do not take any

charge

whereas some receive fees for

entry

into that place.

This

essay

will argue that the drawbacks of imposing a

charge

for

admission

are eclipsed by its advantages.

Firstly

,

this

essay

will demonstrate that the earning amount from the

entry

fee

is invested to refurbish the

museum

and it adds benefits to expand the

museum

activities, followed by an analysis of how the primary disadvantage, namely giving the opportunity to all people, is not valid. Despite having the demerits bellow,

this

essay

believes that the benefits gained from charging an amount by the

museum

authority are extremely useful. One major upside is that the authorities of the

museum

can do renovation work form the

entry

fees easily.

Moreover

, they do not have to depend on the government subsidy to do any work or exhibition in the

museum

.

This

is illustrated by the fact that the British

Museum

is solely run by its own income which is earned from the

entry

fee

and the exhibition

charge

. It is

also

advantageous to

charge

a small amount of money in the

museum

because people always value to those for which they pay.

In other words

, as free things are considered as granted, museums should

charge

for

admission

to give a message to the public about their valuable items.

For instance

, it Japan when their national

museum

was free for all, they did not visit that place because they thought that in the free place there might not have any fascinating thing. Admittedly, there are some issues involved in the case of applying fees in museums. One downside is that all classes of people in society do not get the opportunity to visit the museums. The reason is that not all people can afford to pay the

entry

fee

of museums.

However

,

this

view is not strongly supported because

admission

fee

is decided by considering all income people of a nation and it always stays within the range of a tolerance level.

For example

, an empirical study Cambridge University found that 90% of museums in the world impose a very small

fee

to run their activities smoothly as well as to attract visitors in a large quantity. In conclusion,

this

essay

believes that the disadvantages of charging for

admission

are overshadowed by its merits because of having money to run the museums effectively.