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Article #1789Re: met museum admission fee
From: ERMREY
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:00
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Troll... sierra wrote in message ... > >How much is the minimum necessary to pay to enter the Metropolitan Museum >of Art (in New York City, on 5th Avenue at about 81st Street) to: > (1) look at art, or > (2) use a toilet there? > >........ > >ONCE CENT FEE TO LOOK AT ART? >The Met operates the Cloisters, a medieval museum in a public park in >north Manhattan (Fort Tryon). I don't know who owns the museum. I once >was told, by a cashier there, that the security guards would not let me >past them unless I wore a small metal pin, and that I had to pay at least >one cent to the cashier for that pin. I paid a nickel, was given a pin >and a receipt for 5 cents, and only then was allowed past the guards. My >purpose was to look at the art. I had openly tried to get to the art for >free that day but was not allowed to. The cashier's sign announces a >"donation" and I had explicitly explained that I did not want to make a >donation that day. > >I was told by the cashier that at least one cent was required of me for >the small metal pin, which the guards require of anyone who seeks to walk >past them. Does the Met have the legal right to require even one cent for >admission to the Cloisters if the purpose of admission is to see the art? > >... > > >ONE DOLLAR FEE TO USE A TOILET? >Recently, someone (not me) wanted to use a toilet of the Met Museum of Art >building (on 5th Avenue). He was told that he was required to pay one >dollar. He paid the dollar, got a receipt for one dollar, and only then >was allowed to use a toilet. The Met (on 5th Avenue) has a cafeteria and >a restaurant on its premises. It is in a public park (Central Park). Its >entry building (the imposing building used as a main entrance for the >public) is owned by the City of New York. It gets money from the City >government. Does the Met have the right to charge money for admission to >the Museum if the purpose is use of one of its toilets by a stranger >walking in off the street? > >... > >-- >Alan J. Munn SPAMwrote@my-dejanews.comSPAM >http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/8014/
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11474a,14d37dd32feaffaf X-Google-Attributes: gid11474a,public X-Google-Thread: 10675b,14d37dd32feaffaf X-Google-Attributes: gid10675b,public X-Google-Thread: fb1d1,14d37dd32feaffaf X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1d1,public X-Google-Thread: 116335,14d37dd32feaffaf X-Google-Attributes: gid116335,public From: "ERMREY" <schnerb@geocitites.com> Subject: Re: met museum admission fee Date: 1998/09/22 Message-ID: <6u9ial$7kj$1@client2.news.psi.net> X-Deja-AN: 393840806 References: <catskill-2109980928180001@01-038.012.popsite.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Organization: PSINet Newsgroups: nyc.general,alt.consumers.experiences,bit.listserv.museum-l,alt.toilet-paper.1-ply