Cambridge 10 Test 4 Task 2

TASK 2, TEST 4, CAMBRIDGE 10

Meng Pan

How would the public and the government response if National Gallery London introduced an admission-charging policy to its visitors? If true, who will benefit most from this policy?

There are many pros brought by this policy. Obviously, if entrance fee charged to the visitors, the museums would have enough money to preserve things they own, especially those fragile, such as The Mona Lisa, requiring plenty of money to preserve.

In addition, with abundant fund, staff in museums could also provide better services to their customers, such as free guided-tour, electrical-speaker guide, etc. Moreover, management could be easier to museums as well by charging an admission fee, otherwise the museums would be quite crowd and then extra money must be spent on security system and cleaning up.

Furthermore, charging an entrance fee could be indeed helpful for reducing the local government’s burden. Certainly, it is the local government or city c ouncil who take the responsibility to fund them if museums are free to enter. Instead of using money in this way, other more necessary fields, such as education, public health-care system (NHS), ought to be taken into more consideration.

Of course, there are certainly some people unsatisfactory with being charged an entrance fee, especially those who are not able to afford it. Actually, everyone in the world should have access to famous museums and enjoy the amazing heritage left by our great ancestors.

Hence, I believe visitors to the world’s famous museums co ntaining the wonderful heritage of our ancestors which should be shared with everyone, such as National Gallery London, Le Louvre Museum, should not be charged any pence of admission fee. And the cost needs to be supported by the government. However, other relatively small museums specialising on a certain field, which means there are only a group of people interested in them, could charge a reasonable fee.

In conclusion, the pros of charging admission fee to enter museums outweigh its cons. In fact, should the entrance fee really be able to stop people with the true interest in museums?