The Brooklyn Museum.Credit Monica Almeida/The New York Times

The Brooklyn Museum’s suggested general admission fees for adults will increase to $16 from $12, and entry for visitors 19 and under will be free starting Sept. 3, the museum announced on Wednesday.

“This younger audience segment represents the future of all museums, and we must do everything possible to make it easier for them to visit,” said Arnold L. Lehman, the museum’s director. “At the same time, economic realities make necessary this modest increase in our suggested admission fees for other audience segments.”

The suggested admission fee, which last increased in October 2011, has been $8 for students and free to members and visitors under 12. That year, the Museum of Modern Art raised its admission feeto $25 from $20, and the suggested admission fee at the Metropolitan Museum of Art increased to $25 from $20....Continue Reading

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