Save the International Cryptozoology Museum

Help Save the Museum

After being audited by the IRS, Loren Coleman is in danger of having to close the International Cryptozoology Museum. The collection includes any number of important Cryptozoological specimens, as well as a huge collection of replicas and other ephemera. I've personally used many sources that have relied on this museum, as well as Coleman himself, and the collection he has created is truly one of a kind.

To the IRS, the museum verges on being a hobby (as per Code 183), and it needs more income (even if donations) to support itself, on its own. To me, the merging between my interviews, the book sales that come out of the museum appearances, and the visibility of the museum on the net are all interwoven. I’ve never had a great income since I was laid off from adjunct teaching, but combined together, I live at the cryptozoology poverty level with no complaints. But to the IRS, the museum is a separate entity. I understand now, and must comply with that view. I’ve lost my appeal on my “merge” view.
No fighting this any longer, for I stand fully enlightened about how the IRS is viewing Code 183, as it applies to my life’s career. The museum has to make money, or it ceases to exist.

Please, if you can, donate to help save the museum.

Go to PayPal, and donate to the Museum at, lcoleman@maine.rr.com
Or you may directly send a check made out to
International Cryptozoology Museum
c/o Loren Coleman
PO Box 360
Portland, ME 04112