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The Leonardo museum in Salt Lake City is closing after 14 years.

The museum faced challenges with the 61-year-old building's aging infrastructure, operators said.

Salt Lake City plans to repurpose the building and maintain Ken Sanders Rare Books.

SALT LAKE CITY — A science and art museum near downtown Salt Lake City announced that it is permanently closing after nearly 15 years, following "yearslong challenges" with its aging building.

But other parts of the 61-year-old building remain open, and Salt Lake City says it plans to find new uses for it.

The Leonardo, 209 E. 500 South, announced in a statement posted on its website that it will not reopen. The museum had previously been closed for months due to needed repairs, which operators said ultimately proved to be too

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