Many Museums Charge For Admission While Others Are Free. Do The Advantages Of This Outweigh The Disadvantages?

It is required to purchase a ticket to enter some museums, while others allow it without charging anything.

This

essay will discuss how the advantages of charging a

fee

outweigh the drawbacks. It will

first

be demonstrated how keeping a

fee

provides a constant stream of revenue and filtration of actually interested

people

,

then

we will analyze how the primary disadvantage which is blocking the creation of public interest not valid. The

first

advantage of charging for admission to a

museum

is a source of revenue for the

gallery

authority. Setting up and running a

gallery

is quite expensive, requiring trained professionals and collecting precious artefacts. A portion of

this

can be funded from ticket sales.

For example

, it is stated in a report that archaeologists are more interested in working for museums that are able to pay more handsomely.

In addition

to that, when they are required to pay, only

people

who are genuinely interested in the

museum

’s contents visit there.

People

willing to do unwanted acts in a

museum

are reluctant to pay the

fee

. In an interview, a veteran curator told that they faced many unpleasant situations when the

gallery

he worked in provided free tickets. As soon as a small

fee

was imposed, the number of

such

instances dropped dramatically. In

this

way, paying a small premium can benefit the

museum

authority with both cash flow and security.

On the other hand

, the primary disadvantage of charging a

fee

is

people

becoming less interested in history. But it can be argued that

people

who do not care much about what the

gallery

contains are unlikely to visit anyway if the

fee

is removed. In the town of Maynamati, only 20-30

people

visited the local

museum

to view the newly uncovered excavations when they had to pay a price of 30

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. When the price for entry was withdrawn, the number remain unchanged. It was observed that the

fee

reduction had no effect. In conclusion, charging for admission does have advantages like providing financial support and weeding out the

people

creating a nuisance. It

also

outweighs the flawed argument that paying a premium would curb public interest.

This

is why I endorse charging an entry

fee

to visit a

museum

.