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Shuttering the Liberace Museum

The front gate of the Liberace Mansion before the start of the Nevada Preservation Foundation (NPF) Home + History Las Vegas Weekend Martini Tour of the Liberace Mansion in Las Vegas on Saturday April 29, 2017. The mansion, at 4982 Shirley Street, is now the residence of preservationist and NPF founding donor Martyn Ravenhill. CREDIT: Mark Damon/Las Vegas News Bureau
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The front gate of the Liberace Mansion before the start of the Nevada Preservation Foundation (NPF) Home + History Las Vegas Weekend Martini Tour of the Liberace Mansion in Las Vegas on Saturday April 29, 2017. The mansion, at 4982 Shirley Street, is now the residence of preservationist and NPF founding donor Martyn Ravenhill. CREDIT: Mark Damon/Las Vegas News Bureau

The historic Liberace Museum is closing and it has been a long time coming according to museum officials. The reason? Financial instability and sagging visitor numbers say Liberace Foundation leaders. So what do we lose with the closing of the museum? We talk with the head of the museum's foundation about why Liberace's legacy might not live on in Las Vegas.

Jeffrey Koep, Chair, UNLV Fine arts Dept and member, Board of Directors, Liberace Foundation
John Katsilometes, entertainment columnist, Las Vegas Sun
Brian Paco Alvarez, Independent Curator and Urban Historian

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