I’ve just returned from a visit to the Natural History Museum in London. Beautiful building in a lovely area of London. Huge swathes of people were snaking around the gardens and sweeping through the entrance doors roughly six abreast, all ignoring signs suggesting ‘£5 donation’. Since 2001 entrance to museums in the UK has been free of charge. The vast majority of visitors in London are tourists. Since when has it been our responsibility to educate the world? Most other countries charge to enter their own museums so why don’t we? UK residents should be able to enter free of charge but surely tourists should pay.
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