Lord Temple-Morris – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Temple-Morris on 2016-09-12.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to allow publicly owned museums and art galleries to impose charges for entry.
Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
The Government is committed to maintaining free admission to the permanent collections of major museums and galleries, as set out in the 2015 manifesto, and government funding to national museums is provided with this condition. DCMS-sponsored museums can and do charge for temporary exhibitions and special events. Charging at other publicly owned museums is the responsibility of the organisations that operate them, for example local councils.
