博物館是否要收取門票，是歐美博物館界長久以來的爭辯。英國國立博物館自2001年開始免門票的政策，為博物館帶來更多的觀眾與經濟效應，因而引領世界的潮流，例如丹麥、澳洲國立博物館皆不收門票，甚至一向以收取高額門票來增加觀光收益的法國以及中國大陸、南韓，皆在2008年初宣布開放其國立博物館免費參觀。而與世界博物館免門票的潮流剛好相反，臺灣最近則興起一波調漲門票的風潮。 本文將探討英國政府對於國立博物館門票政策的演變，及其政策所帶來的爭辯與影響，並與臺灣國立博物館的門票策略做一對照。借鏡英國、反思臺灣，本研究提出四點建議：一、免費開放，漸進策略；二、博物館免費，先從指標性國立博物館做起；三、認清博物館免費的核心目標；四、加強實徵性研究，評估門票對消費者的衝擊。期望透過本研究，讓臺灣博物館界不論在文化政策或實徵研究上，能與世界接軌。

The policy debate on museum admission charges has a long history. Since offering free admission in 2001, almost all the national museums in UK have twice more the numbers both in visitor and in revenue. It becomes a current trend of the world, museums in Denmark and Australia have followed to offer free admission to their visistors. Even France and China have announced that they will free the charge for museum admission in 2008. On the contrary, however, many of Taiwans national museums have increased admission fee recently. The article explores not only the history of UK admission policy, but also the debate and impact of the policy. And then, compare UK museums’ admission policy to that in Taiwan. Taking the experience of UK as an example, the study suggests that (1) government could reduce admission fee step by step, (2) national museums could go forward firstly, (3) the missions of museums should be insisted , and (4) the impact of free admission should be assessed from time to time.