Free admission is a luxury some museums can't afford.  Admission fees at our
small, local history museum provide 1/3 of our operating budget.  If someone
shows up with no money, we rarely turn them away, however.  I would like to
see the day that all museums can be free. But for now we offer occasional
free days, including every Saturday in October to celebrate Arts and
Humanities month.  Also one of the benefits of Museum membership is free
admission plus two to five guest coupons per year.  Short of laying off a
couple of staff members, that's the best we can do.

I've worked with another small local history museum in another part of
Alaska that offered free admission to locals.  Their 4 staff members are all
part-time.

Both museums charge $3 for adults with lower fees for seniors and children.

Jerrie

Jerrie Clarke
Curator of Collections
Valdez Museum
http://www.alaska.net/~vldzmuse/index.html

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