Bristol Museum Forced to Show How Little They Had to Pay Banksy

So you read how people were traveling great distances and waiting in lines around the block to get into the City Museum and Art Gallery in Bristol to check out popular street artist Banksy‘s exhibit and now you’re thinking of ways to get him into your own local museum? Well, you’d better dig deep, because it’s going to cost you. After a Freedom of Information Act request was put in to release how much the British city had paid Banksy, the total came out to a whopping £1, which seems like a major bargain until you convert that into American dollars and you get kinda sorta close to two whole bucks. So maybe when we said “dig deep” and “it’s going to cost you” we meant that you’d need to dig past your pocket lint and car keys, toward that change you have down there. And while you’re on the hunt, it’s probably wise to see if you happen to have a birth certificate that proves Banksy was actually born in your town, because we’re thinking maybe Bristol being his original haunting grounds might have something to do with the low fee.

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