Attendance dips, revenues rise at New Mexico state museums

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A decision to raise ticket prices and eliminate some free-entrance days at New Mexico’s world renowned state museums and historic sites has provided a boost in revenue to the state’s cash strapped culture agency since the start of July.
The changes also have been accompanied by a drop in ticketed attendance at a network of eight state museums and eight cultural sites that are an engine of the state tourism economy, where more than a million people flock ea