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The Virginia Aviation Museum, which has operated on Richmond International Airport property since 1991, will close at the end of the month.

In a brief statement, the museum, home to a collection of 38 aircraft, said it will charge no admission until it closes June 30.

The museum building, a hangar that was built in 1987, has “reached the end of its useful life,” the statement says.

Chrissy Caldwell, a spokeswoman for the state museum, said Wednesday that attempts to find a new location over the past several years have been unsuccessful and that problems with climate control and the structure itself have forced the closure.

“The building itself was originally a temporary facility,” she said. “That building was never meant to do what it does today.”

Last year, about 13,000 people visited the museum, and Caldwell said attendance wasn’t a factor in the decision to shut down.

Troy Bell, a spokesman for Richmond International Airport, said the museum had operated under a lease with the airport and that airport officials were notified of the planned closure last week.