In case you thought the Museums Journal was an impartial publication...
November 16 2011
I don't like to be political on this site. But instances of 'all Tories are philistines' annoy me. Here's an excerpt from the current editorial by Sharon Heal on free entry to museums:
There is no room for complacency, however; the Conservatives have long been rumoured to be in favour of charging and, despite all their protest to the contrary, would probably love the London nationals to be able to levy high admission charges on their millions of visitors.
And here's an extract from a speech by Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt before the last election:
...let me state clearly that we will maintain free museums, which Chris Smith fought so hard to achieve... it has been a huge success, and under the next Conservative government it will remain so. No ifs, no buts.
