Around 1990 Grand County Historical Association opened it's second site and began charging admission at both sites. Their Grand County Historical Museum in Hot Sulphur Springs, CO had been free/donation.  I arrived in 1992. Their attendance had dropped but their income had sky-rocketed.  The drop in attendance may have been attributable to a second site opening.  As I recall they did not charge school groups.  I left GSHA about a year later and have no information on how their statistics were after that.  A review of the data in old issues of The Official Museum Directory would give you information if you do not wish to contact the association.

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I was wondering if there was any information out there on museums that had
changed from a free museum to a fee based museum.  What were the short/long
term impacts on visitors, attendance, and/or revenue?

Jennifer E. Lanning
Audience Research Specialist
Minnesota Historical Society

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