Prepared for Bumps, the Met Starts Charging Non-New Yorkers
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Re: Prepared for Bumps, the Met Starts Charging Non-New Yorkers
#2From looking at articles around this, the data looks like this:
Museum budget $ 305M
Admissions(current) $ 43M
City Energy Subsidy $ 15M
City General Subsidy $ 11M
Expected windfall $ ~6M
City General Subsidy $ 8M
So the gain here is very small -- ~1% of the operating budget, but this is clearly a "foot-in-the-door" move.
Re: Prepared for Bumps, the Met Starts Charging Non-New Yorkers
#325 bucks is pretty rich for just kicking around in a museum for a little while. Understand they need more funding but think they would do better with a lower price that doesn't result in turn aways (or never shows). And certainly taking a $20 out of your wallet just hurts less psychologically than having to fish out another bill as well.
Re: Prepared for Bumps, the Met Starts Charging Non-New Yorkers
#4This is a great museum, and the price is not that high.
My family and I were in NYC in December. We visited the American Museum of Natural History, which have the same policy of "pay what you want".
We were there at the opening, because, as the Met, it's a pretty big museum and you (really) need the day if you want to make a full tour of it.
We then had 2 solutions. Waiting who know how long behind around 30-40 persons to have tickets, or go to the paying kiosk.
Well, in that paying kiosk, you cannot "pay as you want". But I still choosed to pay full price instead of waisting my time in a line with my 7yo kids.
We went on the Met on our last day in NYC, purely randomly. And, of course, I was happy not to pay a hundred bucks for the 4 of us (admitting that it's also the price for kids ?).
But due to the quality of the exhibitions, it's a normal price. Perhaps 20$ might have been better.
Disclaimer : I'm not american, so I don't know the "normal" policy for museum entrance. Here in France, you usually have to pay for museum, except a few days per years. For example, the Louvre museum in Paris is around 20$.
Re: Prepared for Bumps, the Met Starts Charging Non-New Yorkers
#5This is a great museum, and the price is not that high. My family and I were in NYC in December. We visited the American Museum of Natural History, which have the same policy of "pay what you want". We were there at the opening, because, as the Met, it's a pretty big museum and you (really) need the day if you want to make a full tour of it. We then had 2 solutions. Waiting who know how long behind around 30-40 perso…
Article shows Children under 12 are free (even for non-residents of NY state).
Re: Prepared for Bumps, the Met Starts Charging Non-New Yorkers
#6I've visited this museum on past trips to New York but will now be less likely to do so. In the past I've gone in, paid $5-10 and spent 1-3 hours at the museum before moving on. It's a really big museum so I'd do this multiple times in a trip. Paying $25 I'd feel like I have to put everything I want to see into a single, longer visit. That's a lot less interesting to me than breaking it into several smaller visits over a few days.
Re: Prepared for Bumps, the Met Starts Charging Non-New Yorkers
#7I've visited this museum on past trips to New York but will now be less likely to do so. In the past I've gone in, paid $5-10 and spent 1-3 hours at the museum before moving on. It's a really big museum so I'd do this multiple times in a trip. Paying $25 I'd feel like I have to put everything I want to see into a single, longer visit. That's a lot less interesting to me than breaking it into several smaller visits ov…
The $25 admission gets you in for 3 consecutive days, which seems like it should still (mostly) support your way of using the museum?
Re: Prepared for Bumps, the Met Starts Charging Non-New Yorkers
#825 bucks is pretty rich for just kicking around in a museum for a little while. Understand they need more funding but think they would do better with a lower price that doesn't result in turn aways (or never shows). And certainly taking a $20 out of your wallet just hurts less psychologically than having to fish out another bill as well.
Whitney, Guggenheim, MoMA, Intrepid are all same price or more. Elevator rides up one of the famous skyscrapers are all more expensive. $25 for Met is better value compared to all of them.
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#925 bucks is pretty rich for just kicking around in a museum for a little while. Understand they need more funding but think they would do better with a lower price that doesn't result in turn aways (or never shows). And certainly taking a $20 out of your wallet just hurts less psychologically than having to fish out another bill as well.
Seems to be working out well for MOMA for years, and it's a much smaller museum.
Re: Prepared for Bumps, the Met Starts Charging Non-New Yorkers
#1025 bucks is pretty rich for just kicking around in a museum for a little while. Understand they need more funding but think they would do better with a lower price that doesn't result in turn aways (or never shows). And certainly taking a $20 out of your wallet just hurts less psychologically than having to fish out another bill as well.
"The Met" isn't just any old museum, it's a main reason to visit new york. I'd pay $100 for an entire day there (or three days, as it is now!). You simply can't see that quality of museum in many parts of the country, let alone the world.