It would be interesting to compare the amount of private support received by museums that don't charge admission versus museums that do. Has a study like this ever been conducted

The most recent issue of Museums Journal (the magazine of the Museums Association in England) has an article on page 6 called "Welsh Free for All has done little to bring new visitors into museums."  It reports that "the same visitors have been back more frequently and visited a wider spread of museums,"  but that the program didn't draw more people from underrepresented groups.    A report from Leicester University's Research Center for Museums and Galleries will put out a report in September.
 

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