Via: L.A. Times

The Grammy Museum faced a number of challenges when it opened to the public last December. Set in downtown’s L.A. Live complex, the institution was up and running in advance of many of the development’s restaurants, hotels and movie theaters. Foot traffic, at least from those not attending basketball or hockey games at Staples Center next door, would be at a minimum.

Then there was the recession. The museum, which carried a price tag of around $34 million, executive director Robert Santelli told the Times last year, was forced to make staff cuts soon after its grand opening. (AEG, developer of L.A. Live, has committed to financially support the museum for 10 years.) [Read More]