I found this and shared it bc I wanted to tell a true story:
I have 3 kids, born in '85, 87, & ‘89, and throughout the early nineties, I would relive my childhood and hop a bus w/them on a random Saturday to go to the downtown Farmers’ Market.
Every so often we would traipse over to the Art Gallery, and hang out for a bit, appreciating…(they’re great kids, immaculately behaved, thank god…)

It was only on about our 15th visit that I discovered there was an admission fee! We’d always just wandered in, even greeted the staff!
And never been challenged?
I’ve always found it odd that no one ever said anything.