8. Debate: The Thurley Review of Amgueddfa Cymru

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:41 pm on 23 January 2018.

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Photo of Gareth Bennett Gareth Bennett UKIP 5:41, 23 January 2018

Okay, sorry. I might have slightly simplified what you said. Anyway, I'm going to have a look at what happens in London.

To get into the Victoria and Albert Museum is free, but entry to special exhibitions—and there are always numerous special exhibitions on at the V&A—currently ranges from £8 to £19. Now, we have to remember that entry to the V&A's general displays is free. So, they are perhaps having to charge fairly large amounts for the special exhibitions, at least in part, to cross-subsidise the free entry to the rest of the museum. Now, if you had the token £1 charge, you wouldn't perhaps have to do that. You could have a different financial model and you could perhaps charge £5 for the special exhibitions. You could raise money in other ways as well.

The museum in St Fagans, which I will persist in calling the Welsh national folk museum, has recently been refurbished—