Museums warn against charges for overseas tourists (www.bbc.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Arwu@programming.dev to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

6 comments fedilink hide all child comments

top 6 comments

sorted by: hot top new old

[-] Zombie@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago

So not only do we hoard the world's stolen riches and culture in our museums, but now the plan is to charge the people who these pieces potentially descend from to even see them? Greeks paying to see their own marbles. Egyptians paying to see their own mummies.

When are Labour going to change their name to Capital?

[-] whatthey@feddit.uk -2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Have to disagree with you on this one.

This just brings us in line with most of Europe.

Admittedly, I'd like to see something whereby if you produce British ID you get to go in so still keeping UK people free from charges. Failing that, standard charge for all UK Citizens (or a discounted yearly pass like National Trust) and one for non UK visitors. All UK students must always have free access.

[-] wiccan2@thelemmy.club 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Doesn't matter if it brings us inline with Europe, it's wrong there too.

Our museums should be free to all not just students and British citizens.

Edit: autocorrect

[-] theo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

How would you feel if this tourist tax was instead charged at the point of an overnight stay? I feel like this is the more common option across Europe, but also has been criticised pretty heavily.

[-] wiccan2@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 day ago

I don't like that either, culture should not be taxed.

We live in a world where everything we do is increasingly being turned into a for profit business. We should be allowed at least one safehaven.

[-] Zombie@feddit.uk 5 points 2 days ago

Have to disagree with your disagreement on this one.

This just degrades our museums to gatekeeping culture to only those with means.

Admittedly, having to carry around ID constantly on the off chance that you fancy a visit to a museum, and having your visit logged by way of your ID, sounds dystopian as fuck in an increasingly dystopian world. All students of life must always have free access.

this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2026

11 points (92.3% liked)

United Kingdom

6930 readers

237 users here now

General community for news/discussion in the UK.

Less serious posts should go in !casualuk@feddit.uk or !andfinally@feddit.uk
More serious politics should go in !uk_politics@feddit.uk.

Try not to spam the same link to multiple feddit.uk communities.
Pick the most appropriate, and put it there.

Posts should be related to UK-centric news, and should be either a link to a reputable source, or a text post on this community.

Opinion pieces are also allowed, provided they are not misleading/misrepresented/drivel, and have proper sources.

If you think "reputable news source" needs some definition, by all means start a meta thread.

Posts should be manually submitted, not by bot. Link titles should not be editorialised.

Disappointing comments will generally be left to fester in ratio, outright horrible comments will be removed.
Message the mods if you feel something really should be removed, or if a user seems to have a pattern of awful comments.

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

tom@feddit.uk

GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk

frankPodmore@slrpnk.net