An increasing number of museums tend to charge admission fees from tourists rather than providing service free of charge. Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
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In many countries, museums used to be free for visitors to enter. But
recently, admission fee is introduced due to a cut in funding from the
government.
There are reasons for such proposal. Firstly, charging admission keeps a
museum run healthily because it provides museums some funding for maintenance
and expansion. As we generally know, building a museum with special characters
and functions costs substantially more money than an ordinary residential
building. Operation spending including security, staff salary and enriching the
collections also need constant financial support. If all this cost has to come
from taxation, that would be unfair to some taxpayers who do not visit museums
at all. Also charging admission can compensate publicly funded museums for cuts
in subsidy granted by the government and do not drop their service quality and
security. Meanwhile this would not threaten other independent competitors which
rely on their income from entry fees.
However, some people disagree with charging entry because they are convinced
of some adverse impacts on the society. It is true that a museum is a venue
about learning and enjoying as well. It is the access to vivid presentation of
knowledge and local culture and history, and charging admission would decrease
the number of visits, hence undermining the inspiration for knowledge and
cultural heritage preservation and transmission. Another concern about charging
admission of a museum is that a museum, as an important educational resource,
may lose its educational function because some students in a disadvantaged
position would be deprived of a museum tour.
In conclusion, although free access to a museum can promote culture and
education, it leads to financial pressure on a museum. Accordingly students
should be given a preference treatment and this can be effective with the
government’s constant funding for student museum visit. Adults should be charged
of admission to a museum. A virtual museum can be another promising option for
those less well-off because it is much cheaper to build and run, and therefore
can be provided free.
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