A museum in New York showcasing rare artifacts from the Beatles, Bob Dylan and Michael Jackson is going to close.
The Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Annex in New York City is shutting down after only being open for a year. The main backers of the Annex, S2BN Entertainment, gave no reason for the closing, but attendance at the 25,000-square-foot location was reportedly well below the 500,000 annual visitors that were initially projected.
"The business just hasn't succeeded the way they initially hoped that it would," a worker told the NY Post. "We did get a lot of people when the John Lennon exhibit opened in the summer, but since then, it's been very slow."
The Annex's official website posted a statement that indicates the gallery might evolve into a mobile museum: "The Rock Annex is exploring opportunities for a tour that would bring exclusive artifacts to music fans and rock enthusiasts around the world."
The museum will shutdown on January 3, a year after it first opened.
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