Illinois attorney general to look into museum shuttering

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Attorney General's Office is looking into the abrupt shutdown of the Korean War Veterans Museum & Library in Springfield.

The State Journal-Register reports the museum is locked, and major exhibits appear to have been removed. The only notices of the museum's closing were posted on its doors and on a Facebook page that has been removed.

Annie Thompson is a spokeswoman for the attorney general. She says the office plans to reach out to the museum to discuss the shutdown. She says the museum didn't file a not-for-profit disclosure report in 2016 and that it has lost its not-for-profit registration.

Federal tax records show the museum turned a profit for one year from 2010 to 2015. During that time, it reported more than $7.6 million in revenue and more than $586,000 in losses.

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Information from: The State Journal-Register, http://www.sj-r.com