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

Nowadays some public

museums

charge

entry fees from

visitors

, while others are free to enter. The topic of whether

museums

should

charge

entrance fees has become controversial. In my opinion, all

museums

should not

charge

an admission

fee

, because the disadvantages of charging outweigh its advantages. On the one hand, it is no doubt that as a public facility,

museums

need funds to operate which means they need money to spend on maintenance equipment, item purchasing and staff etc. By charging a certain amount of entrance

fee

,

museums

would have enough income to cover those expenses.

Furthermore

,

museums

could utilize tickets income to promote themselves or purchase valuable items.

For instance

, art

museums

rely on funds to purchase art collections

such

as expensive paintings and sculptures. Without enough financial support, these places will be less maintained and lose the attention of

visitors

.

Therefore

, it is obvious that selling tickets are important in order to support

museums

.

On the other hand

, despite it seems favourable to

charge

an admission

fee

, the disadvantages are more obvious.

First

, the main function of

museums

is to educate or entertain

visitors

by displaying exhibits. An entrance

fee

will perhaps prevent the public from going to

museums

, so

museums

will become less attractive to even foreign

visitors

that would have contributed to local GDP by consuming on local restaurants and accommodations. So

museums

could potentially be beneficial to the local economy.

Second

, In fact. most public

museums

are categorized as non-profit organizations, which usually operates by the local or national government, and it means enough financial support. To sum up, the benefits of selling admission tickets are not as obvious as its drawback. The museum has enough funds from governments’ tax revenue and they should play their role in serving the public

instead

of making a profit.