Some museums have an admission charge while some do not. In my opinion, the drawbacks of an entrance amount 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 entry 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, entry 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. Access to these folk museums, which are often monuments, is free of cost. If they had charged an entry fee, many might have turned to other activities.
Granted, an entrance price might have a negative effect on the admission figures, but an income is favourable 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 price is advantageous to the expense of a museum.
In conclusion, the disadvantages of an access charge 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 get 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 amount
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 entry 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, entry 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
. Access to these folk
museums
, which are
often
monuments, is free of cost. If they had charged an entry fee,
many might
have turned to other activities.
Granted, an entrance price might have a
negative
effect on the admission figures,
but
an income is
favourable
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 price is advantageous to the expense of a museum.
In conclusion
, the disadvantages of an access charge
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
get
an entrance fee for the sake of operation and development