Many museums charge for admission while others are free. Do you think the advantages of charging people for admission to museums outweigh the disadvantages? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Museums

are one of the ideal means for preserving art and culture. Several

museums

charge

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visitors

for allowing them to enter these places and to see various rare and historically important objects or paintings. Despite the fewer drawbacks of

this

practice, its financial benefits seem to be promising. I,

therefore

, feel it is reasonable to believe that the brighter sides of

this

outshine the darker aspects. At the outset, the primary reason why it is meritorious is that only by keeping set prices for tickets, the

people

who are running

museums

can earn an income. Since many of the objects inside the

museum

require continuous maintenance,

museum

authorities need a source of revenue. The main advantage of charging an entry fee is that it will prevent casual

visitors

. Many

people

simply see the

museum

as a meeting place and have no interest in the exhibits. They disturb genuine

visitors

. If

museum

owners allow

people

to stroll inside it for no cost it would actually lead them to get bankrupt as they run out of money.

Hence

, the public will

also

lose their chance to visit that

museum

. Apart from that, as

people

tend to believe that only

museums

that charge for admission have something precious inside, charging is necessary to increase the number of

visitors

. In spite of these, some drawbacks do exist.

That is

when charges are much higher

people

hesitate to go to the

museum

and might consider doing other less expensive activities. Poor

people

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therefore

are indirectly denied an opportunity to visit the

museum

. If the

museum

charges nothing for

people

’s entry into them, it would allow

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larger number of individuals from various financial backgrounds to enjoy the exhibits /

artifacts

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. Suffice

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say, having analysed the various aspects of the context it appears that charging for

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admission into a

museum

/

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museum

is unavoidable for the smooth functioning of

museums

.

Thus

,

this

practice has more merits than demerits. As long as the ticket prices are affordable,

people

can enjoy them and

museums

can generate enough revenue.