Visitors at a Moderna Museet exhibition. (File photo)

Lyssna: Moderna Museet co-director: More visitors also means more maintenance costs

All but one of the 18 state-run Swedish museums that scrapped entrance fees last year have seen a boost in visitor figures since the reform, a Swedish Radio survey shows.

Among the institutions that saw a boost in visitor figures in 2016 is the Museum of Modern Art (Moderna Museet) in Stockholm. However, the free admission was not the only reason behind the boost, according to Ann-Sofi Noring, the museum's co-director. She told Radio Sweden that the quality of the exhibitions has...