from the Philadelphia Inquirer (Nov 14, 2010)
The costs of charging admission
This is the second mall institution to make visitors pay. Will it deter families? Officials think not.
By Stephan Salisbury
"It might usher in an era of rich expansion.
Or it might set loose a Pandora's Box of problems.
The fact is, the opening of the expanded National Museum of American Jewish History on Independence Mall is helping to establish something to which Philadelphia will have to adjust: Admissions charges for major museums in the historic district." ...
"Already the National Constitution Center, which opened in 2003, squats on the northernmost block of Independence Mall. Adult visitors shell out $12 to get in; for special exhibitions, they must pay more - $20 for the recent "Ancient Rome and America," which closed Aug. 1.
The Jewish history museum, a block and a half south of the Constitution Center, is also charging a regular adult admission of $12." ...
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