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Re: Change from free to paid admission
Philippa Tinsley <[log in to unmask]>
Thu, 10 Jul 1997 09:30:08 +0100
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> On 8 Jul 1997 13:09:53 GMT, [log in to unmask] (JHaeseler) wrote:
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> >Does anyone know of museums which have switched from free admission to
> >paid admission?  Changeovers which occurred more than a year ago are
> >preferred, since I am interested in the impact on attendance which may
> >have resulted.

Try the Towner Art Gallery and Museum in Eastbourne (UK)  Tel: +44 (0) 1323 417961.  They went over to paid admission about two or three years ago but had to return to free admission after about a year because of public response and visitor falloff (we have a very strong culture of free museums here in the UK).

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