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Old August 13th, 2004, 05:53 PM
Marie
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You could also buy an annual pas entitling you to an entire year of
lovely lunches.The money to maintain these sites has to come from
somewhere be it increasing all resident's taxes or placing a user fee.
http://www.parks.wa.gov/parking/


On a similar topic, most of the state parks in my state (Washington)

now
charge a $5 per vehicle entrance fee. For me, that removes the option
of being able to pull off the road for 15 or 20 minutes to eat lunch

in
a lovely location. I wish the state parks would institute a "pay what
seems reasonable" fee. For me, that would mean $5 for a visit of
perhaps a couple of hours, and $1 for a 20 minute lunch stop.



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Old August 14th, 2004, 01:23 AM
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Eddie Type 2 wrote:
Hi all,

I noticed that some of the Museums in NYC have "suggested donation

prices"
for entrance to them.

Does this mean that you could actually go in for free? not that I

would,
but could someone explain how this works? Do you have to pay or not?

We want to visit the Museum of Natural History and the Rose

Centre.....how
much should we expect to pay?


The "suggested admission" is $12 for adults. You can pay anything you
want (but you must pay something) and they will still smile and give
you your admission ticket. But if you can afford the $12, the muesum
needs the money. For your $12 you can see all 45 of the permanent
exhibit halls, including the Rose Center for Earth and Space. You
cannot seen any of the special exhibits (currently Frogs and
Exploratorium), iMax movies, or the star shows in the Hayden
Planetarium (which is the big sphere inside the Rose Center).

If you want to see any of the special shows you must pay the full $12
plus the cost of the specials. There are three packages; admission and
1 special for $19, admission and one space show for $22, or the
SuperSaver combination, which includes 2 space shows, 2 iMax movies and
both special exhibits for $29. These are all adult prices; you can see
all prices at

http://www.amnh.org/museum/welcome/a...html?src=pv_vi

The Metropolitan Museum is simpler; you pay what you want to pay.
Private museums have a fixed admission; it's only those on city
property that offer the "pay what you wish" option.

Larry

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Old August 14th, 2004, 01:23 AM
Larry
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Eddie Type 2 wrote:
Hi all,

I noticed that some of the Museums in NYC have "suggested donation

prices"
for entrance to them.

Does this mean that you could actually go in for free? not that I

would,
but could someone explain how this works? Do you have to pay or not?

We want to visit the Museum of Natural History and the Rose

Centre.....how
much should we expect to pay?


The "suggested admission" is $12 for adults. You can pay anything you
want (but you must pay something) and they will still smile and give
you your admission ticket. But if you can afford the $12, the muesum
needs the money. For your $12 you can see all 45 of the permanent
exhibit halls, including the Rose Center for Earth and Space. You
cannot seen any of the special exhibits (currently Frogs and
Exploratorium), iMax movies, or the star shows in the Hayden
Planetarium (which is the big sphere inside the Rose Center).

If you want to see any of the special shows you must pay the full $12
plus the cost of the specials. There are three packages; admission and
1 special for $19, admission and one space show for $22, or the
SuperSaver combination, which includes 2 space shows, 2 iMax movies and
both special exhibits for $29. These are all adult prices; you can see
all prices at

http://www.amnh.org/museum/welcome/a...html?src=pv_vi

The Metropolitan Museum is simpler; you pay what you want to pay.
Private museums have a fixed admission; it's only those on city
property that offer the "pay what you wish" option.

Larry

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Old August 15th, 2004, 07:41 AM
I. Wilson Gittleman, M.D.
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Rita:

Your question (last paragraph) is one that is quite current, if you have
been reading the debates in the UK regarding charging for admission vs
'art for all' vs government funding.

Along that line, though obviously OT, one can compare the governmental
subsidies to museums, orchestras, and opera companies in Europe vs
mostly industrial/commercial subsidies (poor Met and Texaco) in the US.








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Old August 15th, 2004, 07:41 AM
I. Wilson Gittleman, M.D.
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Rita:

Your question (last paragraph) is one that is quite current, if you have
been reading the debates in the UK regarding charging for admission vs
'art for all' vs government funding.

Along that line, though obviously OT, one can compare the governmental
subsidies to museums, orchestras, and opera companies in Europe vs
mostly industrial/commercial subsidies (poor Met and Texaco) in the US.








"Iti is better to be vaguely right than precisely wrong.
--J. M. Keynes

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Old August 15th, 2004, 07:44 AM
I. Wilson Gittleman, M.D.
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Juliana:

Can one honestly compare the museums in Washington that are owned and
supported by the US, with those in other cities that are minimally
supported by our government?








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Old August 15th, 2004, 07:44 AM
I. Wilson Gittleman, M.D.
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Juliana:

Can one honestly compare the museums in Washington that are owned and
supported by the US, with those in other cities that are minimally
supported by our government?








"Iti is better to be vaguely right than precisely wrong.
--J. M. Keynes

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Old August 15th, 2004, 09:32 AM
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On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 23:41:38 -0700 in rec.travel.usa-canada,
(I. Wilson Gittleman, M.D.) wrote:

Your question (last paragraph) is one that is quite current,


THEN QUOTE THE TEXT BEFORE YOU REPLY TO IT!


 




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