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YORK PUBLIC ART GALLERY SHOULD BE FREE OF CHARGE

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Pietro Sanna
11 years ago

art museums should be freely available to everyone

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Joanne Bagshaw
11 years ago

Let everyone enjoy these wonderful works

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Isabelle mcgahan
11 years ago

When it is wet people go in with children and they have a look and it can get them to wont to paint or educate them

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Catherine Occhini
11 years ago

If you charge people to see art, privatization will come next, and in the end, art will only be available to the rich

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Catherine Occhini
11 years ago

If you charge people to see art, privatization will come next, and in the end, art will only be available to the rich

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Ralph moss
11 years ago

we deserve it to be free we contribute toward it and other attractions

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Pauline Kirk
11 years ago

This charge will reduce the accessibility of the art gallery to York people. It will not help the financial position either, as it will lead to a big drop in visitor numbers. If the Gallery must charge, at least choose a more reasonable figure, e.g. £3.00 for adults and £1.00 for children.

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angie
11 years ago

Should be free for the residents of York

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Razzor Ra44or
11 years ago

Read the news - all this may change. York is just one of the first. Other galleries have started charging. ONLY the bigger national galleries are keeping those finding smaller places have been cut by 60%. So many have no choice to start charging.

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Razzor Ra44or
11 years ago

I hope they do! First comment I've seen that isn't attacking the trust but has realised its the council that is at fault here. Not the trust.

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Razzor Ra44or
11 years ago

Agree 100% but this isn't the art gallery/york museums trust fault. Blame government and councils.

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Razzor Ra44or
11 years ago

Again; have you read and watched all the reports on the BBC, independent? No! Clearly not. They do not want to charge - they have been forced to charge due to government cuts. They have provided facts and figures yet all you people are going on about is that "they" (meaning the trust) are disgraceful, etc. It's really making me laugh all this.

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Razzor Ra44or
11 years ago

Let the council know. Ask them why all the council tax goes to them and why they are not giving it to the art gallery? If they did it would continue to be free. But they have cut funding by 60%!!!

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Razzor Ra44or
11 years ago

Let the council know. Ask them why all the council tax goes to them and why they are not giving it to the art gallery? If they did it would continue to be free. But they have cut funding by 60%!!!

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Razzor Ra44or
11 years ago

And if they don't charge the art gallery will fall Into disrepair because the government are not helping them. So you make no sense. Your not looking at the other side of the coin. The CEO said on the BBC the didn't want to charge but they have been forced to!

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Razzor Ra44or
11 years ago

Yes there is a discount for residents. Your not reading all the information.

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Juliejackson
11 years ago

We pay enough in council tax and get less each yr

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Carlotta Allum
11 years ago

not even a discount for residents? I understand making some money from tourism but there should be a discount for residents

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John Craven
11 years ago

this move into charging will, in spite of the Trust's predictions, result in a large fall in visitor numbers. The Art Gallery and Museums will decline in importance in the life of York's residents.

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catherine williams
11 years ago

do it do it