Silvia Filippini Fantoni - To Charge or Not to Charge - Museums and the admission dilemma from many museum charge for admission Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 16 min 7 sec
✓ Published: 03-May-2016

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Silvia Filippini Fantoni, Director of Interpretation, Media and Evaluation, Indianapolis Museum of Art.nnThe debate about whether museums should be free or not is a hot topic at the moment. Many keep on advocating for free admission to guarantee access to those with limited income. Due to the lingering effects of the economic downturn, however, others have started to question the sustainability of the free admission model which relies heavily on public funding, large endowment draws and contribu