SMTOWN Museum will be built in the heart of Koreatown in Los Angeles. Since a long time, the agency is headed by Lee Soo Man is already has plans to build a Kpop museum in the United States in order American people can know more close Kpop.
Los Angeles, United States is selected because the city have a lot of Kpop lovers. To prepare the SMTOWN Museum, the branch SM Entertainment in the United States specifically to buy a building in Oxford Street, which will be the location of the museum Kpop.
Wednesday (07/08/13), SM Entertainment explained, "SMTOWN Museum and Entertainment Space in LA is the first step to widen the Korean Wave in U.S. and in the future. SMTOWN Museum will be a landmark where everyone will be able to feel the various Korean Wave content in U.S."
Not only that, SM Entertainment also planned to prepare the contents such futuristic hologram concept to content displayed in the museum.
Popularity of SMTOWN artists such as Girls Generation, Super Junior, f (x), SHINee, BoA, Kangta and EXO in the United States are very high. Proven in several concerts on SMTOWN World Tour, tickets are always sold out. (Allkpop)