The museum is now half-way there. We need flat-out free nights one evening a week. I think it would be worth their while economically, too. Seems like the museum is always near-empty when I visit. Maybe a loss leader of a day would help get more people in the habit of coming to the museum.

Well, nearly every museum that does that has the free day underwritten by some sponsor. When the sponsor steps up I'm sure the museum will be very excited that it can finally have regualr free days.

Also, the museum seem to have people there, at least every time I visit (often tourists even). Its just not the huge crowd you get on a free day... those crowds require more guards etc. (lots of damage that needs to be averted... northwest museum goers have a bad habit of touching art... they are even worse in Seatlle).