Joe Wilson argues that free entry to museums has been essential to rejuvenating whole neighbourhoods – and that it is museums, not the public, that should be charged for bettering people’s lives.
A little over a year ago I attended the first in a series of “Museum of the Future” debates at the British Museum. The theme of this particular event was accessibility and how the institution could make changes to its operations in order to cope with its increasing visitor traffic. As you’d expect from a public forum, there were good ideas and terrible ones too, and it is interesting to see that both the best and worst of those tabled at the event have come to prominence in recent weeks.
The best idea was undoubtedly that the British Museum needs a bigger entrance...Keep reading on The Scotsman
A little over a year ago I attended the first in a series of “Museum of the Future” debates at the British Museum. The theme of this particular event was accessibility and how the institution could make changes to its operations in order to cope with its increasing visitor traffic. As you’d expect from a public forum, there were good ideas and terrible ones too, and it is interesting to see that both the best and worst of those tabled at the event have come to prominence in recent weeks.
The best idea was undoubtedly that the British Museum needs a bigger entrance...Keep reading on The Scotsman