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

It has become a controversial topic and many argue that the

museum

should levy

fees

to visitors. I opine with

this

line of thought and will enunciate upon both aspects of the debate before reaching an appropriate conclusion. On the one hand, entry

fees

of the

museum

to the tourists have many benefits for the institution.

Firstly

, the management can well maintain the ancient artefacts with the funds collected through the visitors. The managing committee does not have to rely on external donations.

Secondly

, the target audience who have an interest in historical events will only visit the place.

This

audience will have more opportunity to learn as window shoppers will stay from visiting.

Finally

, the income generated from the

fees

will help in the growth of the

museum

.

This

fund can be utilized to purchase more ancient artefacts from any part of the globe.

For example

, Gandhi Ashram, one of the major attraction of the city, has been recently refurbished with the money collected from the tourists.

On the other hand

, the only demerit of levying visiting charges is that the underprivileged

people

will be deprived of the knowledge and the entertainment from the national property. These

people

have the same rights on these articles as the ones who are rich.

For instance

, there are many poor

people

who follow Mahatma Gandhiji ideology but are unable to visit his

museum

because of hefty entry charges. To sum up, undoubtedly, considering the shortfall that

people

with less money will be not able to visit the

museum

.

However

, I am of the firm opinion that the merits of imposing the entry

fees

are far many, as aforementioned, and outweighs the disadvantages as it helps the institution to develop and maintain without depending upon grants.