That doesn't strike me as being a terribly new phenomenon - I recall going to the Louvre with my family on our European vacation, and while the Mona Lisa room was packed, the rest of the museum was fairly dead. I walked right up to the Venus de Milo, for instance.
On the one hand, as you say, cultural sheep. On the other hand, they're spending money, so what do the caretakers care? Would they rather nobody came by? Gotta pay the bills somehow.
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Date: Tuesday, 9 May 2006 12:16 pm (UTC)On the one hand, as you say, cultural sheep. On the other hand, they're spending money, so what do the caretakers care? Would they rather nobody came by? Gotta pay the bills somehow.