Olympic Museum

The museum Olympique of Lausanne (Swiss) was inaugurated the June 23rd 1993. It is located on the heights of the quay of Ouchy at the edge of the Lac Léman. It shelters permanent and temporary exposures around the sport and of the Olympic movement . It is surrounded by an exposing park of many works of art having like topic the Sport.

This one was founded under the impulse of Juan Antonio Samaranch which had set creation at Lausanne of a museum and a center of Olympic study. It is the second museum more visited Suisse.

The Architecte S of the museum were Pedro Ramirez Vazquez and Jean-Pierre Cahen for outside, and Miguel Espinet for the interior. The architectural style of the building is of a traditional modernism . Its simple and purified lines are as timeless as possible, but of many symbols the spirit and the origin of the Olympic Games recall.

The museum presents permanent temporary exhibitions and exposures.

Permanent exposures

Temporary exhibitions

The Olympique museum presented the following temporary exhibitions:

Exposition Turin 2006
To the Roots of the Sport
It was 30 times Athletissima
It Vincitore, Angelo Titonel
the Foot Planet is 100 years old - FIFA -1904-2004
Destination Olympie
Ottorino Mancioli
Performance and balance
In all the directions of the sport
photographic Exposition
Témoins
Ella Maillart sporting
Poèmes of marble
the materials of the exploit!
the setting in scene of the sporting body
the Americas Cup
Homo Ludens
Of sport in mode
Barrigue and Burki
the nation Navajo
To play with the colors
Igor Mitoraj
Iker Larrauri
Of the handlebar to the handle with brush
For a certain Ideal
Tour de France
Sydney 2000 with the Museum
Art & Sport 2000
Nag Arnoldi
the bicycle in all its states

See too

External bond

Official site

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