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Each visitor to the MOMA costs the museum more than three times the $10 ticket price.
In this Transparency, GOOD and Catalogtree look at the difference between the ticket price and the actual cost of a visit at the top 20 U.S. museums.
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The Transparencies for Issue 010 are a collaboration between GOOD and Catalogtree.
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RESEARCH AND CONCEPT
by Suzanne Wu
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the real cost of museum tickets
this is how it REALLY works: Owner of many pieces of art of one artist, say Warhol, gives one (estimated value, appraisal worked out with museum and lawyers for owner, Owner gets tax benefit (we pay), new value for rest of paintings in owners collection now appreciate, owner gets rich, we pay. It gets even better when a New artist is "recognized" in a museum collection and suddenly the value of all of their art sky rockets. Museum raises funds from the new wealth class they created, while the "value of their collection is uncalcuable. By the way, artist chooses to donate to a museum, she can deduct the cost of materials on her tax form. Get real, and better.
Posted on April 22, 2008 — by willboy
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