New entry fees at the Met
January 8 2018
Picture: Met
Robin Pegrobin at the New York Times reports:
For the first time in half a century, visitors to the world’s largest cultural institution, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will have to pay a mandatory admission fee of $25 if they do not live in New York State under a new policy that begins March 1, the museum announced on Thursday.
The Met says this is after a 'sharp decline' in the number of people willing to pay the 'suggested' donation of $25. But (given how difficult it is to actually get through the various barriers and guards without actually paying something) I suspect it may be more to do with the questionable financial management of the last few years.
