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    Culture secretary confirms free admission for all at England’s national museums will remain
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    Culture secretary confirms free admission for all at England’s national museums will remain

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    1. Francis-c92 on

      Might be obvious, but at this point they might need to in order to survive. More people will go to a museum of it’s free, unless you have a particular interest in that specific museum.

      In a cost of living crisis, they’re great days out for families still

    2. No-Risk-2584 on

      It should be free for Brits, but we should still charge foreigners like almost every country does. Make a deal with the EU if you want them included, a tit for tat thing.

      For one, maybe Brits will be able to see their museums without getting squashed and bumped around in a sea of people.

    3. Nuthetes on

      Should charge tourists. No tourist is gonna say “ohhh tenner to get in,I’m not gonna go and see the Rosetta Stone now”

    4. krokadog on

      The issue with letting British people in for free, and charging tourists, is that a lot of stuff in our museums is stuff we’ve nicked from elsewhere!

    5. knobbledy on

      Good, it’s one of the things the UK does better than any other country. Everyone should be welcome at our museums, regardless of income or nationality

    8. AnalThermometer on

      It should not be free for tourists, grow some backbone and charge like almost every other museum on the continent. There are plenty of stolen artifacts in the Vatican and Louvre museums you get charged an arm and leg to see and they also discriminate in price against non-EU or EEA visitors. 

    9. PingouinFluffy on

      Having just been to Amsterdam where there is a charge for museums, I can’t understand why they are free for everyone. The museum was packed with foreign tourists happy to pay. If you want English people to go in free, then ask for ID.  The British museum is completely unbearable, packed full of people.

    10. The_Flurr on

      With many regions introducing new “tourist taxes” on accommodation, could any of that income be ringfenced for museums?

    11. loonyleftie on

      I constantly forget that Lisa Nandy & the office of Culture Secretary actually exists so it’s nice to get a proof of life twice a year