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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Natalie Wilson

Charge overseas visitors £20 entry to British Museum, says former director

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A former director of the British Museum has called for visiting tourists to pay a general admission fee to fund renovation efforts.

Sir Mark Jones, 73, thinks that tourists should also be charged an entry fee at the National Gallery, Science Museum and Natural History Museum, but believes that access to the museums should remain free for British taxpayers and foreign visitors under 25.

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