The Internet is wonderful for misinformation and a good laugh. Here even Paul Allen's sister Jody can morph into Paul's wife. :-)
Rich Alderson please provide the LCM facts if you can to stop the silly rumours. On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 11:36 AM Michael Kerpan via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote: > The museum had been one of Paul Allen's private passion projects. Sadly, he > died rather unexpectedly and he hadn't really had time to set up a proper > legal entity to protect it after his death, so it and all his other passion > projects ended up controlled by his wife's real estate company which > started looking at ways of shutting them down almost immediately. COVID > gave them the perfect excuse, sadly. > > Mike > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2022, 1:16 PM Royce Taft via cctalk <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > > That’s really disappointing to hear. I only discovered that museum for > > myself via their website a couple of years ago and had no idea that it > > closed. I had planned on visiting next time my wife and I travel to > > Seattle. > > > > I hope that they are able to reopen. > > > > Royce > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Oct 30, 2022, at 09:22, Michael Brutman via cctalk < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > My apologies if this topic is a sore point for some of you. Their > > abrupt > > > closing wasn't that long ago. > > > > > > Does anybody have any insight on what is going on there? The web site > > has > > > not been updated in about 2.5 years. The world seems to be moving on; > it > > > would be nice to know if we're ever going to see the museum re-open, > and > > in > > > what capacity. > > > > > > I realize the people are gone and scattered and it's never going to be > > the > > > same experience if it re-opens. But there are plenty of us who still > > > believe in the need for such a place, and starting from scratch would > be > > > difficult. > > > > > > > > > -Mike > > > > > > (Off-list replies are welcomed if that makes the discussion easier ...) > > >
