Should LACMA (or your local museum) Be Free?

Thursday, April 28, 2011 Posted by Gan Uyeda
Tyler Green investigates in Modern Art Notes

LACMA earned 3.3 percent of its $74 million in expenses via admissions last year. Three percent!

When an art museum brings in such a small percentage of its operating expenses via admissions fees, does it make sense to charge admission at all? Wouldn’t an art museum better deliver on its mission by being free?


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