Nov 16 2010

Museums and Inclusively - Canada’s Pricey Museums

Leah Sandals in her recent piece for This Magazine discusses the fact that Canadian Museums have some of the highest prices in North America. 

This is a huge area of concern - how are people to benefit from museums if they can’t feasibly access them? An admission price of $24 or an average of $80 for a family visit (as found at the ROM) certainly presents a barrier for access that can be insurmountable in some cases.

While using social media and internet resources to make a museum space more accessible is commendable, perhaps making the space accessible through price should be the first step.

Read Leah’s article here


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