Some museums have an admission charge while some do not. In my opinion, the drawbacks of an entrance fee are eclipsed by its benefits in the sense that the income will be ploughed back into operation and development of the museums. A major disadvantage of an admission fee is the possibility of reducing the number of visitors. Museums house exhibitions and artefacts of great educational and historical value. If the chief aim of a museum is to introduce the local community, admission should be free to the public and visitors. Take some folk museums in Hong Kong, which preserve historic relics and display folk customs, for example. Admission to these folk museums, which are often monuments, is free of charge. If they had charged an entrance fee, many might have turned to other activities.
Granted, an entrance fee might have a negative effect on the admission figures, but an income is favorable to museums in terms of operation. Museums feature educational exhibitions at times, and this could not have been done without a sum of money expended on hiring professionals and buying equipment. The Hong Kong Space Museum, for instance, has monthly exhibitions on different issues and professional docents are employed to take visitors on a guided tour around the museum. This example speaks volumes about how a reasonable admission charge is advantageous to the operation of a museum.
In conclusion, the disadvantages of an admission fee are overshadowed by the benefits accruing from a stable source of income. Therefore, having weighed up the pros and cons, I am convinced that museums should charge an entrance fee for the sake of operation and development. 
 Some
  museums
 have an  
admission
  charge
 while  
some
 do not. In my opinion, the drawbacks of an  
entrance
  fee
  are eclipsed
 by its benefits in the sense that the income will be  
ploughed
 back into  
operation
 and development of the  
museums
. A major disadvantage of an  
admission
  fee
 is the possibility of reducing the number of visitors.  
Museums
  house
 exhibitions and  
artefacts
 of great educational and historical value. If the chief aim of a  
museum
 is to introduce the local community,  
admission
 should be free to the public and visitors. Take  
some
 folk  
museums
 in Hong Kong, which preserve historic relics and display folk customs,  
for example
.  
Admission
 to these folk  
museums
, which are  
often
 monuments, is free of  
charge
. If they had charged an  
entrance
  fee
,  
many
 might have turned to other activities.
Granted, an  
entrance
  fee
 might have a  
negative
 effect on the  
admission
 figures,  
but
 an income is favorable to  
museums
 in terms of  
operation
.  
Museums
 feature educational exhibitions at times, and this could not have  
been done
 without a sum of money expended on hiring professionals and buying equipment. The Hong Kong Space  
Museum
,  
for instance
, has monthly exhibitions on  
different
 issues and professional docents  
are employed
 to take visitors on a guided tour around the  
museum
. This example speaks volumes about how a reasonable  
admission
  charge
 is advantageous to the  
operation
 of a museum. 
In conclusion
, the disadvantages of an  
admission
  fee
  are overshadowed
 by the benefits accruing from a stable source of income.  
Therefore
, having weighed up the pros and cons, I  
am convinced
 that  
museums
 should  
charge
 an  
entrance
  fee
 for the sake of  
operation
 and development.