Cost that's all that governs museums
90% of museums around the world rely solely on charity and visitors and in some cases government sponsorship.
If i took the UK IWM that is a government aided museum and that comes out of the tax payers pockets inpart and by admissions and donations to make up the rest of the income, if i recall to keep the IWM sites open costs around £25m per year.
Take Chatham dock which is not part of the IWM it requires direct funding from visitors and also contributions from trustee's and companies they barely can scrape through each year and rely heavily on things such as the ropery and small holdings to make up for budget fluctuations.
Like with an active vessel any museum vessel has to be kept in a reasonable and serviceable state for the safety of the visitors (whole reason the Black Widow is no longer a museum) this means it requires the spending of money each and every year not just on the vessel but other facilities too.
Take a look at Birkenhead redevelopments and lack of trade cause that to go into liquidation its just not that easy to give up space any more especially in Europe.
TS Iveston a mine warfare vessel and sea cadet training ship was moored in Tilbury docks they fell short on funding they couldn't keep the repairs in place they also we asked to relocate by the port due to expansion Iveston ended her days in Erith being scrapped by EMR
When it comes to these things it is all about money i do believe USS Texas Clangmore and Scorpion in the USA are suffering hard times as of late with the latter two likely to be scrapped or sunk.
|