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got it "e " @original poster: wud appreciate if u cud hide ur doubts in black (irrespective of choice ).this wud help to make unbiased decisions

Hi Chris!
Where is it mention in option E that the donated object will attract more visitors and hence lighten the financial liabilities of the museum even if it has to be purchased ??
Please enlighten me!

I'll admit I had a bit of a tough time between B and E. The fact that the cash donations mentioned in B might not counter the expenses of the donation, led me to E.

In my opinion attracting visitors is immaterial to the question stem. You are assuming that all museums charge admission fees to visitors.

Well if this is not the case, then how adding a new object into museum would not be a exacerbation on a museum’s financial resources. It's true that donation would ease out purchase cost but still it involves maintenance cost, which is an additional burden on its financial resources.
correct me where am I wrong

Let's make this more general. Item A's contribution to the organization's mission is high. Resources devoted to item A directly help accomplish the organization's mission. Item B requires the same amount of resources. But because item B contributes very little to the organization's mission, resources devoted to item B are wasted.

It is widely assumed that a museum is helped financially when a generous patron donates a potential exhibit. In truth, however, donated objects require storage space, which is not free, and routine conservation, which is rather expensive. Therefore, such gifts exacerbate rather than lighten the demands made on a museum’s financial resources.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?

(A) To keep patrons well disposed, a museum will find it advisable to put at least some donated objects on exhibit rather than merely in storage.
(B) The people who are most likely to donate valuable objects to a museum are also the people who are most likely to make cash gifts to it. - It might or might not help as the cash gifts might or might not cover the additional storage costs which mentioned in the argument
(C) A museum cannot save money by resorting to cheap storage under less than adequate conditions, because so doing would drive up the cost of conservation.
(D) Patrons expect a museum to keep donated objects in its possession rather than to raise cash by selling them.
(E) Objects donated by a patron to a museum are often of such importance that the museum would be obliged to add them to its collection through purchase if necessary. - This is definitely going to help the museum as they don't have to spend on buying these objects

Hope it helps!

It is widely assumed that a museum is helped financially when a generous patron donates a potential exhibit. In truth, however, donated objects require storage space, which is not free, and routine conservation, which is rather expensive. Therefore, such gifts exacerbate rather than lighten the demands made on a museum’s financial resources.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?



(A) To keep patrons well disposed, a museum will find it advisable to put at least some donated objects on exhibit rather than merely in storage. This option burdens the museum and its management because eventually, they would have to pay the price for storage someday

(B) The people who are most likely to donate valuable objects to a museum are also the people who are most likely to make cash gifts to it. This option does nullify the author's proposition that cost of storage and opex would override the daily revenues but we cannot quantify the cash gifts and usually gifts merely match the price and frequency of recurring and operational expenditure

(C) A museum cannot save money by resorting to cheap storage under less than adequate conditions, because so doing would drive up the cost of conservation.This strengthens the argument as more billing charges for maintenance

(D) Patrons expect a museum to keep donated objects in its possession rather than to raise cash by selling them.this option talks about the maintanance of relations and ties with patrons and thus the museum suffers

(E) Objects donated by a patron to a museum are often of such importance that the museum would be obliged to add them to its collection through purchase if necessary.This option best nullifies the conclusion as such souvenirs would be adding to museum's charm, there by attracting more customers

I'm still confused - can someone please explain