PARIS - A number of French museums will temporarily stop charging entrance fees as an experiment: If museums are free, will they draw a wider, more varied audience?
Starting Jan. 1, 14 French museums and monuments will open to visitors free of charge for six months, Culture Minister Christine Albanel said Tuesday.
Three of the museums are in Paris - Guimet, home to Asian art; Cluny, which features medieval treasures; and Arts et Metiers, dedicated to scientific inventions. Their full-price tickets range from around $9 to $11.
President Nicolas Sarkozy campaigned for free museums before his May election, and France's culture world has since debated the idea, with …
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