It is nothing new that museums have to scramble for funds. This article is great about looking at the long term so it's not a year to year scrabble.

Should museums start forming groups to examine long term funding sources?

More and more museums are loosing what little govt funding they have. Losing funding affects professional museum staff most of all.

Writer Michael J Sandel's book "What Money Shouldn't Buy" speaks to the growing "marketization" of our society. He asks strong moral questions about paying for access to fundamental parts of our society like equal representation. In this interview he does not address the marketization of arts or culture but I can see some of the warning signs he brings up. Is access to museums up for sale?