Has anyone information on the effects of this on the small local and independent museums who often have to live from their entrance fees ? What's the psychologic effect on public if one museum is free and the other have to charge ? Are the visitor numbers of the museums that are charging going up or going down ??? Adriaan Linters Vredelaan72 B-8500 Kortrijk Flanders-Belgium +32.56.253373 http://www.eur-heritage.org http://www.conservare.be At 02:10 2/05/02 +0100, you wrote: >Since the provision of extra Government funds to permit the abolition of >all remaining admission charges at national museums and galleries in >England on 1 December 2001, visits to those that previously charged for >admission has increased by 1.7 million (75%) compared with the same >period of the previous year. > >There has also been a further increase of 10% in visits by children over >the period, in addition to previous large increases following the >introduction of free admission for children (and senior citizens) at all >national museums and galleries the previous year. > >See Department of Culture, Media & Sport Press Release of 30th April 2002: > >http://www.culture.gov.uk/role/search.asp?Name=/pressreleases/role/2002/dcms087 > > > >Patrick Boylan > >========================================================= >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed >information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail >message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should >read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to >[log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read >"Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).