Olympic Museum Lausanne

Olympic Museum Lausanne

The Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland houses permanent and temporary exhibits relating to sport and the Olympic movement. With more than 10,000 pieces, the museum is the largest archive of Olympic Games in the worldCite web|url=http://www.macaudailytimesnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8302&Itemid=28|title=Free Olympics Archives Exhibit at Tap Seac Pavilion|accessdate=2008-03-21|year=2008-03-13|author=Natalie Leung|work=Macau Daily Times] and one of Lausanne's prime tourist drawsCite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/01/features/lausanne.php|title=Literary Heyday Lingers in Lausanne|accessdate=2008-03-21|year=2005-05-02|author=Tom Wright|work=International Herald Tribune] attracting more than 250,000 visitors each year.Cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-26016244_ITM|title=Olympic Museum Lausanne|accessdate=2008-03-21|year=2002-08-01|work=Swiss News] It is surrounded by a park containing numerous works of art on a sporting theme. The museum was founded on 23 June 1993, on the initiative of Juan Antonio Samaranch. It was named the European Museum of the Year in 1995.

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[http://www.museum.olympic.org Olympic Museum Lausanne]


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