A small tourist charge could boost museums’ finances | Letters

We should allow state-sponsored museums and galleries to charge admission to non-UK residents, argues Carol Varlaam Why don’t we change the law requiring free admission for all to the permanent galleries of all government-sponsored national museums? We could retain free admission for UK residents and allow – not require – museums to charge admission to non-UK visitors. Tourist numbers have increased exponentially since the law was enacted in 2001 and I doubt a modest charge wou