Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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From the website:
"Admission prices:
Adult £3.50
Child/senior citizen/concession £2.25
Family Ticket £10.00
Pay once and apply for an annual membership card which allows free admission to the museum for a year. "
£3.50 for annual access is very good value for money.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Sounds good to me
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i doubt if anyone would argue against it being good value for money.
the problem is the fact that the new charges were sneaked in and people are used to going in for nothing.
up until now people have taken their children and grandchildren who inevitably want something from the shop, the total spent there would far exceed the membership charge for the year.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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This may feed-in to (if not nourish) quite a few threads here...
Somebody somewhere is doing a good job.
I recently received an e-mail from the Art Fund which contained their list of the top ten this and that. The topic they began with was 'The Top Ten Castles'. No doubt their choice is affected by the 'Art' on show and I am not so sure how anyone would score Dover on that point, but the Art Fund does not rate Dover Castle in it's top ten.
http://www.artfund.org/whatson/21277/top-ten-castles
I agree that £10 per annum for a family that frequents the Museum is not a great deal to ask, but I wonder too why such a thing has been slipped in. A bit of a PR slip there.
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Guest 719- Registered: 11 Jul 2011
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I WAS AT THE MUSEUM TODAY WITH MY GRANDSON WE HAD A GOOD TIME THERE BUT ONLY TO BE SPOIED BY THE LOCAL WINE LOVING PEOPLE SITTING OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM F/ING THIS AND THAT IT DID NOT LOOK GOOD FOR PEOPLE VISTING THE MUESUM
Yorkshire Born And Yorkshire Bred
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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they will start to gather there now ted as the weather starts to get inclement.
the problem has returned to pencester gardens in the past week.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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They stop gathering there when the new Tourist Information is built under the arches and there is nowhere to shelter (think this will happen soon)
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Believe it or not, the cost to residents has had to be introduced because of the EU.
The EU said that (and this applies to any country) residents and visitors to any attraction must be charged the same - either everyone pays or it's free to all.
I do think we (DDC) shot ourselves in the foot by not publicising this and the reasons why a charge to residents had to be introduced.
I only found out last night.
Roger
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Makes sense Roger, I am sure we mentioned that on here in the past ?
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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that is what people are being told it is not true.
councils and politicians play that card too much, even the prime minister has been caught out twice to my knowledge playing the european card.
DT1- Location: Dover
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Thanks for that Roger.
The cynic in me would suggest that as DDC have to pay for it, we pay anyway. In which case we are being charged more than any non resident.
I used to pop in all the time with my kids, sadly I won't be doing that as much. I like to remind them of the wonderful town in which they live. It may well be 'value for money' (whatever that mean when something was free) but as a result I won't take them in as much...a wonderful way to disenfranchise the young with their town.
On the up side this will clearly have to be applied everywhere. in which case The Queen will have to cough up every time she goes home.
Right, this one is sorted....
the Free Museum to Local People is no more....I popped in and ask this morning...
They do not know when this charge came in, or who introduced it....
You can pay an annual fee of £3.50...but that does not included anyone who is with you............and, you will have to think more about making a spontaneous visit...because this will cost you....
I expect you would have to troll through loads of meetings to find out who introduced the charge..............once it is there....there is jack all you can do about it...................
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I still can't see the problem - Dover is actually the odd one out as I am sure most 'town' museums charge
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If you actually do some real research, ask the right questions, you will find that it has something to do with a complete bit of nonsense issued by an Italian Court which has screwed things up for the whole of the EU... being a museum in the 21st Century is not easy !
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I always wonder if this is legal
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/overseas-visitor-pass/overseas-visitor-pass/
If I am foreign I can get into Deal, Walmer, and Dover Castle cheaper than if I was a local ????
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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it is all about how each institution/council/government chooses to read directives.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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A couple of questions for you Howard: in post number 30 you said that what I posted is not true; as I found out about this from the Leader of DDC on Tuesday evening, what is he telling me that isn't true ?
Post number 36: What exactly do you mean when you say it is all about how it is interpreted ?
I'm not being difficult Howard, just want to get to the truth.
Greg, where did you get the right questions to ask and what was the detail ?
I thought I had come on here and given correct information, but accepted that the introduction of it had not been handled well, now it appears that I have been wrongly informed.
Roger
Keith Sansum1
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ROGER/HOWARD/ALL
I feel this has been badly handled, there was clear refusal by the leader of this council that there would be no charge, he could have easily come on here and stated why he felt this charge had to be introduced, hes had no problem in the past putting views forward.
of course he knows this was an unpopular decision prior to the may election and he had im sure hoped this one like howard says just slips by un noticed.
(barryw's dave)is saying its all down to councils what they do.
who is then telling the truth?
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Could it be yet another case of council officers embarrassing the political leadership by taking controversial decisions and keeping councillors in the dark?
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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PETER;
Well our leaders and cllrs have the right to defend there position, and if it's correct can come on here and state that to the case but will they?
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