Yet according to 1988 statistics for the thirty national museums it Britain, admission to the six charging admission fees dropped by around five million. On the other hand, those who maintained the practice of free admission saw a rise in visits of around six million.
根據一九八八年的一項統計，在英國十三座國立博物館中，收費的六座在一年內觀眾驟減五百萬人次，反之，堅持不收費的博物館，參觀者增加六百萬人。