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05-12-2006, 11:10 PM
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HOLLYWOOD - Declining attendance and an apparent drop in local tourism is forcing the Erotic Museum to close for good on Saturday.
?We never received any public money and we never asked for it,? said Boris Smorodinsky, the privately owned museum?s chief executive.
?We had to count on the tourists and visitors who came into the museum, but it was always insufficient. It never covered the costs.?
So when attendance dropped this year, the museum?s days were numbered. Despite attempts to find investors and even a buyer for the fledgling venue, it all came for naught Wednesday when a final attempt to secure a buyer fell through.
?We tried to work something out, but it didn?t work,? Smorodinsky said.
A museum that housed classic original photos of Marilyn Monroe, a set of 7-foot tall Russian dolls made up in bondage gear along with a display outlining the San Fernando Valley porn industry and other items, will officially close its doors Saturday night at 9.
Not so much a result of economics, but because of a lack of cultural acceptance, Smorodinsky said.
?I don?t think people were comfortable with a museum that dealt with sexuality,? he said.
No, actually I think it was because no one ever heard of it.
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HOLLYWOOD - Declining attendance and an apparent drop in local tourism is forcing the Erotic Museum to close for good on Saturday.
?We never received any public money and we never asked for it,? said Boris Smorodinsky, the privately owned museum?s chief executive.
?We had to count on the tourists and visitors who came into the museum, but it was always insufficient. It never covered the costs.?
So when attendance dropped this year, the museum?s days were numbered. Despite attempts to find investors and even a buyer for the fledgling venue, it all came for naught Wednesday when a final attempt to secure a buyer fell through.
?We tried to work something out, but it didn?t work,? Smorodinsky said.
A museum that housed classic original photos of Marilyn Monroe, a set of 7-foot tall Russian dolls made up in bondage gear along with a display outlining the San Fernando Valley porn industry and other items, will officially close its doors Saturday night at 9.
Not so much a result of economics, but because of a lack of cultural acceptance, Smorodinsky said.
?I don?t think people were comfortable with a museum that dealt with sexuality,? he said.
No, actually I think it was because no one ever heard of it.
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