Abstract
This paper looks at the arguments for and against admission charges to national museums and provides some new evidence relating to the effects of charges. This debate is set in the context of the policy objective of access: the vast bulk of the population do not attend national museums and evidence on this and on the socioeconomic composition of those who attend is presented for Ireland.
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O'hagan, J.W. National museums: To charge or not to charge?. J Cult Econ 19, 33–47 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01074431
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