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.
After 23 months of renovation between 2012 and 2013, the Olympic Museum re-opened on 21 December 2013. During the transformations of the building, a temporary exhibition was set up in a boat (Helvétie) of the CGN, in front of the Olympic Park.
With the renovation, the surface of the museum increased from 2,000 m2 (22,000 sq ft) (in 2011) to 3,000 m2 (32,000 sq ft) (in 2013).
Exhibitsedit
The permanent exhibition is organized into three major themes on three separate floors: Olympic World, Olympic Games, and Olympic Spirit. A visit begins on the third floor, where the Olympic World part of the exhibition informs visitors of the history of the ancient Olympic Games and the rebirth of the modern Games in the 19th century. Highlights include a display of Olympic torches, as well as a video documenting major moments in the history of opening ceremonies history.
The second floor focuses on Olympic Games. Sporting equipment for a variety of sports are on display, and visitors are introduced to the Youth Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games. More than 1,000 video clips of Olympic Games events and athletes can be searched and viewed at individual viewing stations.
The final part of the permanent exhibit covers the Olympic Spirit, where visitors are made to feel part of an Olympic Village and can test their balance, agility, and mental skills with interactive exercises. Olympic medals are also on display.
The renovated museum also includes a temporary exhibit space, where the museum regularly hosts traveling exhibits.[4]
Olympic Parkedit
The Olympic Museum is surrounded by a park containing numerous works of art on the theme of sports. Among the most notable works of art in the museum's permanent collection are the French sculptors Auguste Rodin's The American Athlete and Niki de Saint Phalle's Les Footballeurs, the Luxembourgish sculptor Lucien Wercollier's tribute to the pole vault titled Altius, the Colombian sculptor Fernando Botero's Jeune Fille a la Balle, and a kinetic art sculpture by the Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely which combines a hockey stick, a boar's head, and a motorbike wheel.
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For other uses see Olympic Museum disambiguation The Olympic Museum French Musee 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 Olympic MuseumMusee olympiqueThe main entranceInteractive fullscreen mapEstablished23 June 1993 30 years ago 1993 06 23 LocationLausanne SwitzerlandCoordinates46 30 31 N 6 38 2 E 46 50861 N 6 63389 E 46 50861 6 63389Collection size10 000Visitors250 000FounderJuan Antonio SamaranchWebsiteolympic orgOlympic Museums Network3 2 1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum Athens Olympic Museum Brazilian Olympic Museum Canadian Olympic Experience China Sports Museum Deutsches Sport amp Olympia Museum Estonian Sports Museum Gothenburg Sports Museum Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sport Museum Museum of Sport and Tourism Nagano Olympic Museum Nanjing Olympic Museum National Museum of Sports Olympics and Paralympic Games Norwegian Olympic Museum The Olympic Experience The Olympic Museum Olympic Museum of Peruvian Sport Samaranch Memorial Museum Sapporo Olympic Museum Seoul Olympic Museum Singapore Youth Olympic Museum Slovak Olympic and Sports Museum Sportimonium Sports Museum of Finland Thessaloniki Olympic Museum Tianjin D Olympic Museum United States Olympic amp Paralympic Museum Xiamen Olympic Museum The Olympic Museum and the Olympic Park sculpture garden between the museum and Lake Leman are located at Ouchy south of Lausanne The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee IOC are located at Vidy to the west of Ouchy Contents 1 History 2 Exhibits 3 Olympic Park 4 Gallery 5 See also 6 Notes and references 7 External linksHistory editThe museum was founded on 23 June 1993 on the initiative of then president of the IOC Juan Antonio Samaranch Mexican architect Pedro Ramirez Vazquez an International Olympic Committee member and Jean Pierre Cahen were in charge of the project The museum was named the European Museum of the Year in 1995 3 After 23 months of renovation between 2012 and 2013 the Olympic Museum re opened on 21 December 2013 During the transformations of the building a temporary exhibition was set up in a boat Helvetie of the CGN in front of the Olympic Park With the renovation the surface of the museum increased from 2 000 m2 22 000 sq ft in 2011 to 3 000 m2 32 000 sq ft in 2013 Exhibits editThe permanent exhibition is organized into three major themes on three separate floors Olympic World Olympic Games and Olympic Spirit A visit begins on the third floor where the Olympic World part of the exhibition informs visitors of the history of the ancient Olympic Games and the rebirth of the modern Games in the 19th century Highlights include a display of Olympic torches as well as a video documenting major moments in the history of opening ceremonies history The second floor focuses on Olympic Games Sporting equipment for a variety of sports are on display and visitors are introduced to the Youth Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games More than 1 000 video clips of Olympic Games events and athletes can be searched and viewed at individual viewing stations The final part of the permanent exhibit covers the Olympic Spirit where visitors are made to feel part of an Olympic Village and can test their balance agility and mental skills with interactive exercises Olympic medals are also on display The renovated museum also includes a temporary exhibit space where the museum regularly hosts traveling exhibits 4 Olympic Park editThe Olympic Museum is surrounded by a park containing numerous works of art on the theme of sports Among the most notable works of art in the museum s permanent collection are the French sculptors Auguste Rodin s The American Athlete and Niki de Saint Phalle s Les Footballeurs the Luxembourgish sculptor Lucien Wercollier s tribute to the pole vault titled Altius the Colombian sculptor Fernando Botero s Jeune Fille a la Balle and a kinetic art sculpture by the Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely which combines a hockey stick a boar s head and a motorbike wheel Gallery edit nbsp From the shores of Lake Leman nbsp Olympic torches inside the museum before the transformation of the museum nbsp The Olympic Flame nbsp Non Violence sculpture in the Olympic Park nbsp Statue in front of the museum on the shore of Lake Leman nbsp During the transformations of the building until December 2013 a temporary exhibition is set up in this CGN boat in front of the Olympic Park nbsp Cyclistes sculpture by Gabor Mihaly nbsp Citius Altius Fortius sculpture by Miguel Ortiz Berrocal at the entrance to the Olympic MuseumSee also editInternational Olympic Committee IOC Notes and references edit Natalie Leung 2008 03 13 Free Olympics Archives Exhibit at Tap Seac Pavilion Macau Daily Times Retrieved 2008 03 21 Tom Wright 2005 05 02 Literary Heyday Lingers in Lausanne International Herald Tribune Retrieved 2008 03 21 a b Olympic Museum Lausanne Swiss News 2002 08 01 Retrieved 2008 03 21 Remodelled Olympic Museum sports new look The Local Switzerland s News in English December 11 2013 External links editOfficial website Page on the website of the City of Lausanne Olympic Museum within Google Arts amp Culture nbsp Media related to Musee Olympique Lausanne at Wikimedia Commons Portals nbsp Olympics nbsp Switzerland Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Olympic Museum amp oldid 1199385246, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
