Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art to start charging entry fee for first time since 2000

MCA to charge $20 entry fee from 31 January, which will rise to $35 if visitors want to see its major summer or winter exhibitions

Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art will begin charging an entry fee in 2025 for the first time in more than two decades.

Free general admission was introduced in 2000 under the directorship of Elizabeth Ann MacGregor with the aid of a Telstra sponsorship.