Free entrance representations of museums and monuments audiences, Asia-Pacific ACR

Abstract

International audienceThis paper considers the theme of audiences' perceptions of free admission in national Frenchmuseums and monuments. The results show that, from an individual perspective, perceptions offree admission are linked to perceptions of price, of money and of payment, hencecomplementing perceptions expressed by audiences in a collective perspective (a symbolic,political, measure, causing adhesion or rejection), perspective generally put forward by advocatesand opponents of the measure in their discussions. This different vision of free admission hasmanagerial implications for managers of museums and monuments