Olympic Museum
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museum collection in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Key facts
- Established
- 23 June 1993 ; 32 years ago ( 1993-06-23 )
- Location
- Lausanne , Switzerland
- Collection size
- 10,000
- Visitors
- 250,000
- Founder
- Juan Antonio Samaranch
- Website
- olympic.org
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Musée olympique
- Official website
- www.olympic.org/fr/musee
- Image
- Losanna, museo olimpico, int, torce olimpiche.JPG
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- Commons category
- Musée Olympique, Lausanne
- visitors per year
- 160000
- postal code
- 1006
- native label
- Musée olympique
- street address
- Quai d'Ouchy 1, 1006 Lausanne
- date of official opening
- 1993-06-23
- social media followers
- 7581
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Article
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 and one of Lausanne's prime tourist site draws attracting more than 250,000 visitors each year.
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.
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Lake Geneva
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French
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Luxembourg
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Olympic Games
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geographic coordinate system
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Lausanne
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Auguste Rodin
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International Olympic Committee
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Paralympic Games
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pole vault
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ancient Olympic Games
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Juan Antonio Samaranch
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Youth Olympic Games
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Fernando Botero
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Niki de Saint Phalle
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kinetic art
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Olympic Village
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Jean Tinguely
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