Olympic Museum

Olympic Museum

Musée olympique
The main entrance
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Established	23 June 1993; 31 years ago (1993-06-23)
Location	Lausanne, Switzerland
Coordinates	46°30′31″N 6°38′2″E / 46.50861°N 6.63389°E / 46.50861; 6.63389
Collection size	10,000
Visitors	250,000
Founder	Juan Antonio Samaranch
Website	olympic.org
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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.