Olympic Museum
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For other uses, see Olympic Museum (disambiguation).
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]
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Musée olympique | |
Established | 23 June 1993; 30 years ago (1993-06-23) |
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Location | Lausanne, Switzerland |
Coordinates | 46°30′31″N 6°38′2″E |
Collection size | 10,000 |
Visitors | 250,000 |
Founder | Juan Antonio Samaranch |
Website | olympic.org |
Olympic Museums Network | |
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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.