New Tory Cuts Threaten Free Council Run Museums Entry

New Tory Cuts Threaten Free Council Run Museums Entry

Charges for museum entry were scrapped at national galleries in England, Scotland and Wales in 2001. Many of these institutions had previously charged for admission during the lean years of Thatcherist Britain. As a result visitor numbers were seen to serge at museums...

Free Museums Threatened By Tory Cuts

  Entry to National Museums has been free since Labour abolished charging in 2001. The upshot was that attendance in 2002 soared by 2.7 million or 62%, as more and more people felt able to casually pop in, for a short visit without paying an entrance fee. The...