None of us knows if we’re the next to be laid off, but we try to hang tough and keep in good spirits for the visitors coming in. This website is really great… if you’re trying to close down museums. Karen is right, admissions isn’t the big revenue piece for museums, but in this economy, every penny counts. Companies that were big supporters in years before are not able to fulfill there donation promises.

I just deleted the final paragraph because it was pointedly directed at one poster and it wouldn’t be fair to attack someone in this forum. I’ll just leave it with student memberships are very reasonable. In fact, if you want to come to the museum more than a couple of times a year, most memberships are a great deal. Museum free days are another great way the museums try to help everyone get to see art. So stop pretending this website is about your right to see art even if you don’t have the funds. This site is only about trying to get away with something in order to feel special and different from those boring people that follow rules and respect others.

Keep posting….drawings.

But maybe whilst you’re having fun you’re actually doing these museums a service by revealing how to plug the gaps and achieve their income targets.
You want to get in free? Go join your country’s Museums Association or its equivalent - they’ll probably give you a card that’ll let you in for free as a supporter of our profession.
Better still, put your efforts into campaigning for the state-funded museums to be free admission and fully funded. Somehow in this economic climate I doubt that will happen.

I appreciate your sentiment, but the amount of money a museum receives from admissions each year is generally not enough to even pay their electric bills.