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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Thu Jan 23, 2014, 08:06 PM Jan 2014

$24 General Admission Price Set For NY 9/11 Museum

NEW YORK (AP) -- Adults who visit the Sept. 11 museum at the World Trade Center will be charged $24 admission.

The foundation board that oversees the lower Manhattan museum voted Thursday on the admission fee.

Families of Sept. 11 victims won't be charged. There will be discounts for children, seniors and schools.

The museum is scheduled to open this spring. It's still free to visit the memorial plaza with its twin reflecting pools.

Some relatives of Sept. 11 victims have criticized the decision to charge for the underground museum, which houses relics of the terror attacks.

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SEPT_11_MUSEUM?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-01-23-19-01-32

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$24 General Admission Price Set For NY 9/11 Museum (Original Post) Purveyor Jan 2014 OP

another tourist attraction that i will miss dembotoz Jan 2014 #1

60 million a year to run. I don't think so. Boom Sound 416 Jan 2014 #2

Uh...uh.... Solly Mack Jan 2014 #3

Pass. The Natural History Museum is a 'suggested fee.' Spend your time there. onehandle Jan 2014 #4

Is it just a museum or is it also concerned with preserving and housing materials connected el_bryanto Jan 2014 #5

It doesn't cost a dime to enter Gettysburg, only a couple of dollars for Antietam. . . Journeyman Jan 2014 #6

I find this strange, most of the publicly owned museums and parks around me have free admission... Humanist_Activist Jan 2014 #7

dembotoz

(16,808 posts)

1. another tourist attraction that i will miss

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Thu Jan 23, 2014, 08:09 PM

Jan 2014

Boom Sound 416

(4,185 posts)

2. 60 million a year to run. I don't think so.

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Thu Jan 23, 2014, 08:12 PM

Jan 2014

Another TBA for NYC

Solly Mack

(90,771 posts)

3. Uh...uh....

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Thu Jan 23, 2014, 08:13 PM

Jan 2014

Uh...uh...hmmm....uh....uh...hmmm.

Allrighty then.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)

4. Pass. The Natural History Museum is a 'suggested fee.' Spend your time there.

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Thu Jan 23, 2014, 08:16 PM

Jan 2014

Many more free and suggested fee museums in NYC. We've been to most.

http://www.ny.com/museums/free.html

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)

5. Is it just a museum or is it also concerned with preserving and housing materials connected

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Thu Jan 23, 2014, 08:16 PM

Jan 2014

to the 9/11 attacks?

Bryant

Journeyman

(15,036 posts)

6. It doesn't cost a dime to enter Gettysburg, only a couple of dollars for Antietam. . .

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Thu Jan 23, 2014, 08:36 PM

Jan 2014

the Normandy Museum and Memorial is free, as are the memorials to the Vietnam War, the Korean War, WW2, and the American Expeditionary Force (WW1). The National Civil War Museum costs only $10. The National WW1 Museum charges $14, but that's for a two day pass. And while the National World War 2 Museum charges $22, the events chronicled there lasted for a few hours longer than did the event on September 11, 2001.

And what are visitors going to see? Or buy in the Gift Shop? Copies of The Very Hungry Caterpillar?

Humanist_Activist

(7,670 posts)

7. I find this strange, most of the publicly owned museums and parks around me have free admission...

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Thu Jan 23, 2014, 08:47 PM

Jan 2014

with only special sections or special shows having a fee attached to be admitted.

St. Louis Zoo, free admission.

Missouri History Museum, free admission

St. Louis Art Museum, free admission

Even our Municipal theater(The Muny) has free seats.

I think there are others that are also free, they are slipping my mind at the moment. Yeah, we pay about 5-6 cents more in property taxes for it, but because of that, even the poorest members of our society can get in these places and have free entertainment and education.

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