Museums are becoming more expensive
Will it kill off future patronage and attendance?
“It’s almost a moral duty that museums should be free,” said Glenn Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). That was in 2002, when a ticket to MoMA cost $12 (around $19 in today’s prices). In October MoMA started charging $30, the latest in a series of price rises.
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “A different sort of art heist”
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