Free Admission Pays Off Nicely For Baltimore Museums

“The gamble of free admissions at Baltimore’s two largest art museums seems to be paying off. Admissions are soaring, and both the Baltimore Museum of Art and The Walters Art Museum report that they are attracting a more diverse crowd than ever before. Museum memberships have decreased, as was expected, but total donations are up,” and “administrators are triumphantly declaring their bold free-for-all experiment a success.”