[ghaff]

The "voluntary" admission never felt all that voluntary to me. Sure. You could say no when you got to the cashier. But it always felt to me at least that there was a strong vibe of you really ought to pay this amount unless you really can't afford to.

It's certainly a different character from the museums in London, for example, that just have their big donation buckets.

With the Met, this actually more honest than it was before.

[goldenkey]

That sort of is the point though. People shouldn't feel great about being cheapskates.