I visited the Gene Autry museum in LA a few years back. Great time there, although my younger brother didn't get it. I THINK it's own/run by the city and I have to assume there's a endowment paying most of the bills. I saw very few adults there, it was mainly school classes (weekday in may). I was, at times, annoyed to see Colorado artifacts being displayed, but at the same time I was happy that the "Autry National Center of the American West" covered Colorado.