Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum

Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum

infobox Museum
name= Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum


established= 1994
location= Lake Placid, New York, USA
visitors=
director=
website= [http://www.orda.org/newsite/togo/museum.php The 1932 & 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum]

The Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum, sometimes referred to as the The 1932 & 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum, in Lake Placid, New York commemorates the 1932 Winter Olympics and 1980 Winter Olympics, which were based in the town. It is the only Olympic museum in the United States and is a part of the work of New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority in the Lake Placid Olympic Region. Lake Placid is the only North American city to have hosted two separate Winter Olympics.Cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/sports/othersports/11placid.html?pagewanted=print|title=Lake Placid Commemorates Its Jump into the Olympics|accessdate=2008-06-02|year=2007-02-11|author=Associates Press|work=The New York Times]

The museum, which was opened by New York State in 1994,Cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9506E5D7173CF935A25753C1A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2|title=There's Change in the Air for the Alpine Lake Placid|accessdate=2008-06-02|year=1994-10-16|author=Mary Mcaleer Vizard|work=The New York Times] is located within the Olympic Center and is the only Olympic museum in the United States.Cite web|url=http://www.adksportsfitness.com/january2005/articles/1980_olympics.html|title=25th Anniversary of the Winter Games|accessdate=2008-06-02|year=2005-01|author=Mimi Wacholder|work=Adirodack Sports & Fitness] Its collection includes the "Fram III" bobsled from the 1932 Olympic Games which had been missing for more than sixty years prior to being donated to the museum,Cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-91638371.html|title=Lake Placid's Miracle Bobsled|accessdate=2008-06-02|year=2002-09-15|author=Matt Michael|work=The Post-Standard] Cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LC&p_theme=lc&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F71063CD7485F9D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=A Wild Ride|accessdate=2008-06-02|year=2002-11-01|work=Lancaster New Era] the skates used by Jack Shea in the same games,Cite web|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/oly/view/print/0,4060,70001731,00.html|title=Gold-medal Skates? Not so Fast|accessdate=2008-06-02|year=2002-03-22|work=Deseret News] as well as memorabilia from the 1980 Miracle on Ice hockey team.Cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PPRB&p_theme=pprb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1015DB2DB3E1046F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=The Real Miracle|accessdate=2008-06-02|year=2004-01-17|author=Ned P. Rauch|work=The Press Republican] Cite web|url=http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/9910.html?nav=5010|title=Exploring Lake Placid's Olympic Legacy|accessdate=2008-06-02|year=2008-01-05|author=Rebecca Steffan|work=Adirondack Daily Enterprise] The museum also hosted the Olympic torch when it traveled the United States prior to the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.Cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-48550792.html|title=Olympic Torch to Stop in Two-time Host City Lake Placid|accessdate=2008-06-02|year=2001-11-30|work=AP Worldstream] In addition to hosting the Lake Placid film forum,Cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PPRB&p_theme=pprb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1015D9F99D0C391D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Placid Film Forum Opens with Verve|accessdate=2008-06-02|year=2002-06-07|author=Ned P. Rauch|work=The Press Republican] the museum's collection also provided materials for the 2004 movie Miracle, which focused on the 1980 hockey team.

The museum was the recipient of the 2005 Olympic Cup, one of the oldest awards given by the International Olympic Committee,Cite web|url=http://capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/?ArID=89973&SecID=33|title=Museum Receives International Honor|accessdate=2008-06-02|publisher=Capital News 9|year=2005-12-30] which recognizes institutions that have been active in the service of sport, and have contributed to the development of the Olympic Movement.Cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PPRB&p_theme=pprb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10F345181E9FC478&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Olympic Museum Cited|accessdate=2008-06-02|year=2006-01-01|work=The Press Republican] It has benefited from and is augmented by the other Olympic insitutions and programs located in and around Lake PlacidCite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WE&s_site=kansas&p_multi=WE&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADB1CAF88BC2E3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Winter Wonders of Lake Placid|accessdate=2008-06-02|year=2000-01-30|author=Gary A. Warner|work=The Wichita Eagle] Cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PPRB&p_theme=pprb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1015DA20FAEC6C8D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Shea Family Store New L.P. Shrine|accessdate=2008-06-02|year=2002-02-26|author=Ned P. Rauch|work=The Press Republican] which form part of former Governor Pataki's promotion of Lake Placid as a tourism destination.Cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PPRB&p_theme=pprb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=106D69B3A256C0B8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=ORDA a Favorite Target for State Funds|accessdate=2008-06-02|year=2004-11-30|author=Ned P. Rauch|work=The Press Republican] The museum draws between 25,000 and 35,000 visitors each year.Cite web|url=http://www.vancouver2010.com/resources/PDFs/LegaciesoftheGames_LakePlacid.pdf|title=Legacies of North American Olympic Winter Games|accessdate=2008-06-02|publisher=Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games|year=2007-04-30]

References

External links

* [http://www.orda.org/newsite/togo/museum.php The 1932 & 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum]


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