By Drop everything. Jimmy Stewart is in trouble. Well, not the actor specifically, but his legacy is. According to NPR, the Jimmy Stewart Museum in Indiana, Pennsylvania has suffered a massive drop in visitors over the last decade, placing the organization in financial dire straits.
The biggest problem is that, as most would assume, Jimmy Stewart does not exactly resonate with viewers today as he did during his heyday. In 2000, the museum had over 10,000 visitors, while this year, they may have barely cracked 5,000. “We don’t want that to fade, and we want to be sure that people have some real heroes to think about,” says museum director Tim Harley.
To clarify, the museum isn’t some gigantic structure of Stewartness. It’s a few rooms on the third floor of a library, but with decreasing financial support from the state and attendance rates dropping steeply, the museum is certainly holding out for some sort of miracle. Hopefully, this small monument to one of classic cinema’s greatest stars will find some way to stay afloat.
[via National Public Radio]
Drop everything. Jimmy Stewart is in trouble. Well, not the actor specifically, but his legacy is. According to NPR, the Jimmy Stewart Museum in Indiana, Pennsylvania has suffered a massive drop in visitors over the last decade, placing the organization in financial dire straits.
The biggest problem is that, as most would assume, Jimmy Stewart does not exactly resonate with viewers today as he did during his heyday. In 2000, the museum had over 10,000 visitors, while this year, they may have barely cracked 5,000. "We don't want that to fade, and we want to be sure that people have some real heroes to think about," says museum director Tim Harley.
To clarify, the museum isn't some gigantic structure of Stewartness. It's a few rooms on the third floor of a library, but with decreasing financial support from the state and attendance rates dropping steeply, the museum is certainly holding out for some sort of miracle. Hopefully, this small monument to one of classic cinema's greatest stars will find some way to stay afloat.
[via National Public Radio]