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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. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.735 / Virus Database: 489 - Release Date: 8/6/2004 |
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State Parks was NYC Museums - entrance fees or donations?
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NYC Museums - entrance fees or donations?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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