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

Several

museums

have an entrance fee while others allow the public to visit them free of charAlthough making

money

from visitors who are entering the

museum

benefits to make a fund for its maintenance of it, I believe that it is detrimental to poor people as they may not get chances to learn the historical values of their country. Most of the

museums

charge outsiders, which helps to have income for the

museum

as well as

this

money

can spend on the conservation and preservation of the antique items at the

museum

.

Furthermore

, most governments do not allocate enough budgets for maintaining historical places and

museums

, so the

money

which is collected from admissions is invaluable to the future of the

museum

. In Sri Lanka,

for instance

,95 per cent of

museums

are run by the fund created by entrance tickets, as the government does not provide

money

to maintain

museums

.

On the other hand

, there is a right of every human to learn about the value of their country by looking at history, whether they are poor or rich.

However

, if

museums

request

money

to visit them, not only poor people unable to go there but

also

they lost the chance of learning about what was their country before.

For example

, In India, recent research done by the University of Delhi revealed that 80per cent of people gave a reason for not visiting

museums

as ticketing fees, and had lower incomes. In conclusion, the fact that most

museums

have entrance charges, become a debatable concern among the public. While there are some financial benefits for the

museums

with charging

money

, I believe that advantage is overshadowed by its disadvantages as it blocks the financially deprived group to visit and learn history through the

museum

.