As a tangent, I find it a bit annoying that so many UK museums advertise free pretty aggressively and then provide such "very strong encouragement" as you put it to attend. Mind you, there's less direct pressure than there is in some places. The Met in NYC used to have an optional but not really optional policy for museum admission as you got your pin though it now not optional at all for non-NYC residents.

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jansper39 4 days ago | parent [-]

I find that less annoying than what some museums around Europe charge to let you through the door.

	▲	ghaff 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		At least they're honest about it. (Though the suggested donations at "free" museums are usually pretty reasonable.) I'm not sure big city museums in the US are especially cheap either.
	▲	aleph_minus_one 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> I find that less annoying than what some museums around Europe charge to let you through the door. I really don't get what you find wrong about this.