The thing about museums is that the collections inside them cannot and should not be the sole possessions of one city, state, or nation from which non-residents can be barred with demands for cash and ID.
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But now an Egyptian visitor must pay the Met for the privilege of seeing their own cultural heritage, so that NYC residents who are overwhelmingly Americans can continue to see it for free.
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A solid half of New Yorkers are immigrants or children of immigrants. But that's beside the point.
