Museums provide an insight about our historical values and national heritages. Many museums require entrance fees, despite others are free of charge. Thus, it is equally important to maintain and update its infrastructure by paying the admission fee. Although, there are certain disadvantages to charging an admission fee. The advantages of this revenue, however, outweigh the drawbacks and both sides will be explicated in this essay with an example.
To begin with, the amount generated from tickets can be utilized by the administration of the museum for the betterment of the place. In this way, more and more advancement shall be happening in the museums. Every museum has employed a few staff that look after our heritage which has been kept in an immaculate condition, so the entrance fee also contributes towards salary increment/ reward for such staff. In addition to this the amount charge shall be used later for the maintenance of ramshackle building or area in the museum; therefore, the amount changed can be used for various purposes to the museums. To exemplify, one of the known air force museums in Karachi, utilizes the admission fee to introduce other recreational activity.
On the contrary, every special thing can be accessible in terms of prices. Many people opined that the museums and historical places should come under Government purview. Hence, it should be free for the public so that they can spend their quality time exploring the museum. Many big families can’t afford to visit the museum frequently due to per person charges that contributes overall high amount to their budget. To exemplify, many schools avoid arranging field trips to the museums as it can be a extra burden on them to pay entrance fee which has a significant impact on child skills development.
To conclude, financial aid and funds are not sufficient to maintain the historical heritage, entrance fees can be more beneficial to improve the services and maintained aesthetic view for the visitors. I believe free visiting might even be harmful.