Olympic Museum

Olympic Museum
Musée olympique
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Established23 June 1993; 31 years ago (1993-06-23)
LocationLausanne, Switzerland
Coordinates46°30′31″N 6°38′2″E / 46.50861°N 6.63389°E / 46.50861; 6.63389
Collection size10,000
Visitors250,000
FounderJuan Antonio Samaranch
Websiteolympic.org
Olympic Museums Network

The Olympic Museum (French: Musée olympique) in Lausanne, Switzerland houses permanent and temporary exhibits relating to sport and the Olympic movement. With more than 10,000 artifacts, the museum is the largest archive of Olympic Games memorabilia in the world[1] and one of Lausanne's prime tourist site draws[2] attracting more than 250,000 visitors each year.[3]

The Olympic Museum and the Olympic Park (sculpture garden between the museum and Lake Léman) are located at Ouchy, south of Lausanne. The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are located at Vidy, to the west of Ouchy.

  1. ^ Natalie Leung (2008-03-13). "Free Olympics Archives Exhibit at Tap Seac Pavilion". Macau Daily Times. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
  2. ^ Tom Wright (2005-05-02). "Literary Heyday Lingers in Lausanne". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
  3. ^ "Olympic Museum Lausanne". Swiss News. 2002-08-01. Retrieved 2008-03-21.