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New Labour’s strategy on free admission involved the trustees of government- sponsored museums, who had previously charged for entry, dropping their admission fees. In “exchange” for this, the department would increase its funding (HoC 2002, summary 4). A special VAT rebate scheme was introduced in 2001 for museums and galleries offering free access. The introduction of free admission was incremental: free admission for children was introduced in April 1999; for the over-60s in April 2000, and for everyone in December 2001. Free admission to university museums followed in August 2005.