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Ski Museums of the World 2012 Published by the INTERNATIONAL SKIING HISTORY ASSOCIATION

To preserve skiing history and to increase awareness of the sport’s heritage

610 Palms Avenue, P.O. Box 191 Ishpeming MI 49849 Phone: (906) 486-4202 E-mail: [email protected]

www.skiinghistory.org

Publication of Ski Museums of the World was partially supported by a grant from the Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS)

On the cover: This painting by Knud Bergslien (1827–1908) shows two Birkebeiner loyalists in 1206, carrying the young heir to the Norwegian throne, Haakon Haakonsen, to safety on a perilous journey through the mountains. He later became king. The historic rescue is commemorated today by Birkebeiner ski marathons in Norway and the United States. A reproduction of this iconic painting is owned by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame and is on display at its museum in Ishpeming, Michigan.

2 | December 2012 Ski Museums of the World A traveler’s guide to ski museums and collections in 21 countries around the world.

by E. John B. Allen updated by Jonathan Robinson

f the 110 nations that belong to the Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS), 21 have built museums focusing on the history of the sport. OSome are entirely devoted to skiing; some are part of a small, local museum; others are simply one section within a broader collection of folk material. The dozens of ski museums and libraries in this list are not all of a kind—but for skiers and snowboarders interested in the rich heritage of snowsports, any would merit a visit. Skis have been on public view as early as 1655, but the first dedicated ski museum was founded in Norway in 1923 and will celebrate its 90th anniver- sary in Holmenkollen this coming year. The majority of museums are post- World War II creations, many initiated by individuals like Theodor Hütteneg- ger in Mürzzuschlag, Austria and Gilbert Merlin in Grenoble, France. In the United States, ski museums are typically combined with a Hall of Fame, a bow to financial support. U.S. ski museums are all private ventures, although they may receive government funding at the local, regional or national level. Ski heritage and its preservation rely heavily on specialized libraries, many of them an integral part of a museum. Others are beholden to an institution of learning, such as the library of the German Sports University (Deutsche Sporthochschule) in Cologne. Other leading resources include the Internation- al Olympic Committee (IOC) and its massive Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, and the FIS, which has sponsored five conferences on the history of skiing. From amassing “a bunch of old stuff ” in the early days, ski museums have made significant progress in recent years, with computerized collection man- agement and archival treatments of wood and cloth, film and photographs, documents and art. This growing sophistication requires major financial support. Europeans have to persuade their sponsoring municipalities, counties and national governments to send Euros in their direction, while Americans try to increase membership to finance and improve their museums and libraries. Over the past 36 years, I have visited many ski-related museums; as an historian, there’s nothing like seeing the actual artifacts. Many of the museums have specialized libraries and those, too, are important for anyone who is interested in following the old ski tracks. It was a natural project for me to publish a list for other interested parties. This list has now been updated by ISHA assistant Website editor Jonathan Robinson. As ski travelers and students of ski history, we hope you will find it useful. The list will also be available on the ISHA Website (www.skiinghistory.org), where it will be continually updated. —E. John B. Allen

December 2012 | 3 Hirschegg australia Wintersportmuseum in Walserhaus Walserhaus Victoria Kleinwalsertal National Alpine Museum of Australia, Inc. Fremdenverk-Bet GmbH L1 Mt. Buller Community Centre/P.O. Box 177 Walserstrasse 64 Mt. Buller, Victoria 3723 A-6992 Hirschegg Tel: +61 3 5777 7235 Tel: +43 (0)5517 5114-460 Website: www.nama.org.au Website: www.walserhaus.at www.facebook.com/nationalalpinemuseum Email: [email protected] australia Open: Mon-Sat: 09.00-17.00, Email: [email protected] Sun/Hol: 08.00-15.00 or [email protected] Admission: Free Open: Winter: Queen’s Birthday (2nd Monday in June) - Hochpillberg End of the ski season, Daily 13.00-16.00 Skimuseum is in Naturhotel Grafenast Summer: Boxing Day (26 Dec) - 7 Jan, Daily Hochpillberg 13.00-16.00; January weekends 10.00-16.00, A-6130 Schwaz, Tirol Super Saturdays 10.00-16.00 Tel: +43 5242 63209 Admission: Free Fax: +43 5242 63209-99 Website: www.grafenast.at/index.php/tour Thredbo engehen.html Thredbo Ski Museum Email: [email protected] P.O. Box 6 Private collection of the Unterlechner family New South Wales 2625 Tel: +61 2 6457 7410 (At the Thredbo Alpine Inn) Website: www.thredboskimuseum.com Open: Winter: July & August, daily 13.00-17.00 ( Closed Mondays) Summer: Boxing Day (12/26) - Australia Day (1/26), Feb-Apr, June & Sept: Weekends and holidays Closed: May, Oct, Nov, Dec 1-27 Admission: Free (Donations accepted) The Museum Kitzbühel in Austria contains Toni Sailer’s skis, vintage ski posters and equipment, and a collection of austria the ski and mountain landscape paintings of Alfons Walde.

Haus im Ennstal Kitzbühel Wintersportmuseum Bergbahnmuseum (Cable Car Museum) Schlossplatz 189, 8967 Haus im Ennstal Hahnenkammstraße 1a A-6370 Kitzbühel Tel: +43 3686 2207-17 Tel: +43 5356 66660 Fax: +43 3686 2207-32 Fax: +43 5356 66660-77 Website: www.haus.at/de/kultur/wintersport Website: www.kitzbuehel.com/de/aktivitaeten/ museum.php ausfluege/detail.htm?id=241 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] Open: Daily 10am-4pm - Free Admission Open: Tues. 10.00-12.00, Wed. 16.30-20.30 pm And by appointment Museum Kitzbühel Hinterstadt 32, 6370 Kitzbühel Tel: +43 (0)5356 67274 Website: www.museum-kitzbuehel.at Email: [email protected]

4 | December 2012 Leobersdorf Leobersdorf Ski Museum Hauptschule, Schulgasse 5 A-2544 Leobersdorf Tel: +43 2256 621110 Email: [email protected]

Lilienfeld Bezirks-Heimatmuseum mit Zdarsky-Skimuseum und Zdarsky-Archiv Babenbergerstr 3 The ski museum in St. Anton, Austria focuses on the A-3180 Lilienfeld development of the town and ski resort, with a particular emphasis on Hannes Schneider. Tel: +43 2762 52212 13 Fax: +43 2762 52478 Vienna Website: zdarsky-ski-museum.at Osterreichisches Olympiamuseum Email: [email protected] or Austrian Olympic Museum [email protected]. Now a virtual museum Open: Thurs 16.00-18.00, Sat 16.00-18.00, Sun Website: www.olympia.at/main.asp 16.00-18.00, special opening times for groups Email: [email protected] on request. [email protected] Films and CD-shows about Mathias Zdarsky, displays and primary sources for Zdarsky material. Vordernberg Erzbergbahn- und Wintersportmuseum Mürzzuschlag Verein Erzbergbahn Wintersportmuseum Hauptstrasse 140 Wiener Strasse 13, 8794 Vordernberg A-8680 Mürzzuschlag Tel: +43 3849 832 Email: [email protected] Fax: +43 3849 21995 Open: Tues-Sun: 09.00-12.30pm, 14.00-17.00 Email: [email protected] Admission: Adult 5 Euro, Student and Senior 4 Admission: Adult 2 Euro, Child 1 Euro Euro, 6-15 3 Euro, Family and group rates. Werfenweng Saalbach Salzburger FIS Landes-Skimuseum Werfenweng Skimuseum und Heimathaus Am Dorfplatz (Village Square) Weng 138 Saalbach-Hinterglemm A-5453 Werfenweng Dorfplatz 36, A-5753 Saalbach Tel: +43 (0)664 50 000 96 Tel: +43 6644 767807 Fax: +43 (0)6466 581-72 Website: www.saalbach.com/en/summer/the- Website: www.skimuseum.at valley-of-games/further-activities/activity-details/ Email: [email protected] article//Heimat-Skimuseum-Saalbach.html Open: Wed, Fri, Sat and Sun, 13.00-17.00 Open: Tue & Thu: 14.00-18.00 Admission: Adult 3 Euro, Children to 15 1.50 Euro, Family 7.50 Euro St. Anton The Museum of St. Anton in the Kandahar Haus Rudi-Matt-Weg 10, 6580 St. Anton am Arlberg canada Tel: +43 5446 2269 58 Ottawa, Ontario Fax: +43 5446 2532 The Canada Ski Hall of Fame and Museum Website: www.museum-stanton.com The museum is temporarily in storage while it Email: [email protected] seeks a new home. Open: Daily in winter and summer at 15.00, 9-2420 Bank St. spring and fall, call first Ottawa, Ont. K1V 8S1 Admission: Adult: 4 Euros, under 16: Free Tel: 613-422-1288 Website: www.halloffame.magma.ca Email: [email protected] December 2012 | 5 Canada continued Website: www.rosslandmuseum.ca Banff, Alberta Email: [email protected] Canadian Ski Museum West Open: May-mid Sept. daily 09.00-17.00 Cascade Plaza Shops 317 Banff Ave. Thunder Bay, Ontario Banff, AB T1L 1C1 Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame Tel: 403-762-8484 Canadian Association for Sports Heritage Fax: 403-762-4221 219 May Street South Website: www.cascadeplaza.ca/events Thunder Bay, ON P7E 1B5 Email: mcava@telusplanet Tel: 807-622-2852 Admission: Free Fax: 807-622-2736 Exhibition on skiing in Banff National Park Website: www.nwosportshalloffame.com www.sportsheritage.org Revelstoke, British Columbia Email: [email protected] Revelstoke Ski Museum (Part of Revelstoke Museum) Open: Tue-Sat 12.00-17.00 315 First St. Box 1908 Revelstoke, BC V0E 2S0 Whistler, British Columbia Tel: 250-837-3067 Whistler Museum Fax: 250-837-3094 4333 Main St. Website: www.revelstokemuseum.ca Whistler, BC VON 184 Email: [email protected] Tel: 604-932-2019 Gen. Inquiries: [email protected] Fax: 604-932-2077 Hours: Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm, Sun: 11am-5pm Website: www.whistlermuseum.org Email: [email protected] St-Sauveur, Québec Open: 7 days a week year round 11.00-17.00 Musée du Ski des Laurentides Admission: Adult $7, Senior, Student $5, 7-18 $4, (Laurentian Ski Museum) Family $20 30 Rue Fillon St-Sauveur china Québec J0R 1R0 Tel: 450-227-2564 x.222 Vasaloppet Museum Website: www.museeduskilaurentides.com Vasa Museum, Changchun Jingyuetan Park Email: [email protected] 5840 Jingyue Street Open: Wed-Sun 11.00-18.00 Changchun, China 130000 Admission: Free Tel: +86 431 8964 5455 Conservatrice: Marie-Eve Auclair Fax: +86 431 8964 5456 Website: www.vasaloppetchina.com Other Museums & Libraries Calgary, Alberta czech republic Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame 169 Canada Olympic Way SW Jilemnice Calgary, AB T3B 5R5 Krkonosske Muzeum at Jilemnice Castle Tel: 403-776-1061 Lock 75 Website: www.sportshall.ca 514 01 Jilemnice Tel: +42 (0)481-543-041 Rossland, British Columbia Website: www.kmjilemnice.cz Rossland Historical Museum Mgr: Jan Luštinec Corner of Hwys 3b and 22 PO Box 26 Nové Mesto na Morave Rossland, BC V0G 1Y0 (New Town in Moravia) Tel: 250-362-7722 Horacké Muzeum Estonia Toll free: 888-448-7444 Vratislovo 114 Square Fax: 250-362-5379 592 31 Nové Mesto

6 | December 2012 Tel: +42 (0)566-598-760 Fax: +42 (0)566-598-705 france Website: www.nmnm.cz Email: [email protected] Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise (Besse-en-Chandesse) Musée du Ski estonia Maison de la Reine Margot Home of Queen Margot Otepää 11 Rue Boucherie Talispordimuuseum 63610 Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise Otepää Winter Sports Museum Tel: +33 04 73 79 57 30 Nüpli, Otepää Parish Large and excellent private collection, small library. 67408 Valga County Tel: +372 766 3670 Grenoble Website: www.otepaa.ee/kultur/muuseumid/ Musée du Ski otepaeae-suusamuuseum (in the Musée Dauphinois) Email: [email protected] 30 Rue Maurice Gignoux Cedex 100 Open: Wed-Fri 11.00-17.00; Sat-Sun 11.00-16.00 38100 Grenoble Admission: 1.50 Euro Tel: +33 04 57 58 89 01 Fax: +33 04 76 87 60 22 Other Museums & Libraries Website: www.musee-dauphinois.fr/1981-la- grande-histoire-du-ski.html Tartu Email: [email protected] Estonia Sports Museum Admission: Free Rüütli 15 Excellent collection, much from Rossignol, 51007 Tartu good library. Tel: +372 730 0750 Website: www.spordimuuseum.ee Les Rousses Email: [email protected] Le Grand Tétra 705 route des Rousses 39220 Les Rousses, Jura finland Tel: +33 84 60 51 13 Lahti Website: www.ccpos.e-monsite.com/blog/ musee-du-ski-les-rousses.html Lahti Ski Museum Open: Call ahead Sports Center, Salpausselänkatu 8 Contact: Roger Tangueley PO Box 113, FI-15111 Lahti Private museum with a good collection, Tel: +358 3814 4523 especially from Jura. Fax: +358 3814 4525 Website: www.lahdenmuseo.fi Email: [email protected] Other Museums and Libraries Open: Tue-Fri 10am-5pm; Sat-Sun 11am-5pm Albertville Maison des Jeux Olympiques d’Hiver Helsinki House of the Winter Olympic Games Sports Museum of Finland 11, rue Pargoud Olympic Stadium 73200 Albertville FI-00250 Helsinki Tel: +33 04 79 37 75 71 Tel: +09 434 2250 Fax: +33 04 79 32 38 75 Website: www.urheilumuseo.fi Website: www.maisonjeuxolympiques- Email: [email protected] albertville.org/?lang=en Displays, library especially strong in Finnish Email: contact@maisonjeuxolympiques- newspapers and periodicals. albertville.org

December 2012 | 7 France continued Fax: +49 831 463 Paris Open: 1 Mar-18 Nov, Tue-Sun: 10.00-16.00 Musée National du Sport Admission: Adult: 2.50 Euro, 6-16: 1.25 Euro, National Sports Museum Family: 5 Euro 93 avenue de France 75013 Paris Oberwiesenthal Tel: +33 01 45 83 15 80 Ski- und Heimatmuseum Website: www.museedusport.fr Ski and Heritage Museum Email: [email protected] Karlsbaderstrasse 5 09484 Oberwiesenthal Club Alpin Francais Tel: +49 037348 2 36 20 24 avenue Laumière Open: Tue-Fri 14.00-17.00 and Sat-Sun 75019 Paris 14.00-16.00 Website: www.ffcam.fr Other Club Alpin Français sections hold library Planegg materials, too. DSV German Ski Museum, the House of Ski Hubertusstrasse 1 82152 Planegg germany Tel: +49 89 857 90 270 Fax: +49 89 857 90 257 Braunlage Email: [email protected] Heimat- und Skimuseum Website: www.deutscherskiverband.de/ueber_ Heritage and Ski Museum uns_skimuseum_uebersicht_de,348.html Am Graben 4 38700 Braunlage Reit im Winkl Tel: +49 5520 1646 Skimuseum Reit im Winkl Fax: +49 5520 999986 Verwaltungsgebäude, Rathausplatz 1 Website: www.museum-braunlage.de D-83242 Reit im Winkl Open: Tues. & Fri.: 10am-noon, Tel: +49 86 40 80 027 Dec. 21st - Oct. 31st Fax: +49 86 40 80 034 Admission: Adult 2 Euro, 6-18 1 Euro Website: www.reitimwinkl.de/de/reit-im-winkler- museen-im-ueberblick Hinterzarten Open: Nov-Mar: Tue, Wed, Fri 14.00-17.00; Apr- Schwarzwälder Skimuseum Hugenhof Oct: Tue & Thu 15.00-18.00 Black Forest Ski Museum in Hugenhof Admission: Free with ‘inclusive card’ Erlenbrucker road 79856 Hinterzarten Other Museums and Libraries Tel: +49 7652 982192 Website: www.schwarzwaelder-skimuseum.de Hannover Email: [email protected] Niedersächsisches Institut für Sportgeschichte Open: Tue, Wed & Fri: 14.00-17.00; Sat, Sun & Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History Ferdinand-Wilhelm Fricke-Weg 10 public holidays: 12.00-17.00 30169 Hannover Admission: Adult 3.50, up to 16 free, groups 3 Tel: +49 0511 1268 5060 Euro per person Fax: +49 0511 1268 5065 Website: www.nish.de Kempten Email: [email protected] Alpin-und Skimuseum Branch of the Bavarian National Museum Köln (Cologne) with the participation of the German Alpine Club Deutsche Sportochschule Landwehrstrasse 4 Central Library of Sport Sciences at the German 87439 Kempten (Allgäu) Sports University in Cologne Tel: +49 0831 2525-740 On Sports Müngersdorf 6 Phone Administration: +49 0831 2525-200 50933 Cologne Info and bookings guidance: Website: www.zbsport.de Tel: +49 831 2525-369 (Herr Koch) Best library for ski materials in Germany. 8 | December 2012 Deutsches sport- und Olympia-Museum German Sports and Olympic Museum italy Im Zollhafen 1 50678 Cologne Montebelluna Tel: +49 0221 33609-0 Montebelluna Sportsystem Fax: +49 0221 33609-99 Museo Dello Scarpone Website: www.sportmuseum.de Museum of the Boot E-mail: [email protected] Vicolo Zuccareda 5 31044 Montebelluna (TV) Leipzig Tel: +39 0423 303282 Leipzig Sport Museum Fax: +39 0423 606699 Am Sportforum 10 Website: www.museoscarpone.it 04105 Leipzig, Germany Email: [email protected] Tel: +49 0341 9805112 Open: Mon-Fri 9.00-12.00, 15.00-18.00 Fax: +49 0341 9806491 Sat & Sun by appointment for groups Website: www.stadtgeschichtliches-museum- Admission: Adult: 4 Euro, Child: 2 Euro leipzig.de Email: [email protected] Torino Museo Nazionale della Montagna Oberhof National Museum of the Mountain Thüringer Winter Sports Museum Piazzale Monte del Cappuccini 7 Superior Court first floor 10131 Turin Crawinkler Strasse 1 Tel: +39 011 6604104 98559 Oberhof/Thüringen Fax: +39 011 6604622 Tel: +49 036842-53850 Website: www.museomontagna.org Fax: +49 036842-53839 Email: [email protected] Website: www.wintersportmuseum.de Email: [email protected] japan Open: Tue-Sat 11.00-18.00 Nagano Peiting/Obb Nozawa Onsen Ski Museum Museum im Kloesterle 9780-4 Toyosato Kapellenstrasse 1 Nozawa Onsen, Shimotakaigun, 86971 Peiting Nagano Tel: +49 (0) 8861 6535 Website: www.nozawakanko.jp/english/play Fax: +49 (0) 8861 59140 Email: [email protected] Website: www.peiting.de/tourismus/kultur/peiting/ museum-im-kloesterle Email: [email protected]

Winterberg Westdeutsches Wintersport Museum West German Winter Sports Museum Neuastenberger Strasse 19 59955 Winterberg District: Neuastenberg Tel: +49 (0) 2981 2636 Tel (when open): +49 (0) 2981 920229 Website: www.winterberg.de/sommer/Media/ Attraktionen/Westdeutsches-Wintersportmuseum Email: [email protected] The Nozawa Onsen Ski Museum celebrates skiing in Japan, from the early 19th century through the 1998 Winter Olym- pics in Nagano.

December 2012 | 9 Japan continued Lillehammer Other Museums and Libraries Norges Olympiske Museum Norwegian Olympic Museum Sapporo Håkons Hall, Historical Museum of Hokkaido 2618 Lillehammer 53-2 Atsubetsucho-konopporo, Tel: +47 61 05 76 50 Atsubetsuku, Sapporo 004-0006 Website: www.maihaugen.no Tel: +81 011-898-2657 Email: [email protected] Fax: +81 011-898-2657 Open: June-Sept 10.00-17.00, Sept-May 11.00- Website: www.hmh.pref.hokkaido.jp 16.00, Closed Mon Open: Tue-Sun 09.30-16.30 Closed Mon Admission: Adult: 110 NOK, 6-15: 55 NOK, Family: 275 NOK, Students: 90 NOK Olympic exhibits from 1924 to the present. liechtenstein Morgedal Vaduz Norsk skieventyr/Olav Bjaaland Museum Ski und Wintersportmuseum 3850 Kviteseid Ski and Winter Sports Museum 3848 Morgedal Fabrikstrasse 5 Tel: +47 350 69 080 9490 Vaduz Fax: +47 474 50 533 Tel: +423 232 15 02 Website: www.morgedal.com/en/activities/ Fax: +423 231 12 40, +423 231 12 41 ski-museum Website: www.skimuseum.li Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Open: 1 Jan-29 May Mon-Fri 10.00-15.30 Open: Mon-Fri 14.00-18.00 30 May-13 June Daily 10.00-17.00 One of the largest European collections of winter 14 June-14 Aug Daily 09.00-19.00 sports articles. 15-31 Aug Daily 10.00-17.00 Private Museums 1 Sept - 18 Dec Daily 10.00-17.00 Good exhibits on Norheim, Bjaaland and ski Eschen workshop and library. Ask about visiting Sondre Geissmann Collection Norheim’s house in Øverbø. Also see the Sondre Email: [email protected] Norheim website at: www.sondrenorheim.com. Collection of Swiss Schwendener skis. Oslo Holmenkollen Skimuseet norway Kongsveien 5 0390 Oslo Kongsberg Tel: +47 916 71 947 Kongsberg Ski Museum Website: www.holmenkollen.com Norsk Bergverksmuseum Email: [email protected] Hyttegata 3 Open: June-Aug 09.00-20.00 3616 Kongsberg May and Sept 10.00-16.00 Director: Alfhild Skaardal Oct-Apr 10.00-16.00 Tel: +47 975 43449 Website: www.norsk-bergverksmuseum.no Trondheim Email: [email protected] Skimuseet Sverresborg, Trondelag Folkmuseum Open: 5 Jan-16 May Tue-Sun 12.00-16.00 Sverresborg Allé 13, Postboks 1107 18 May-31 Aug Daily 10.00-17.00 N-7020 Trondheim 1 Sept-22 Dec Tue-Sun 12.00-16.00 Tel: +47 73 89 01 00 The Kongsberg Ski Museum is in the Norwegian Fax: +47 73 89 01 50 Mining Museum. Special exhibits on the Ruud Website: www.sverresborg.no brothers. Email: [email protected] Booking: [email protected] Ski museum is among a large number of buildings which comprise the Folk Museum. 10 | December 2012 Other Museums and Libraries

Alta World Heritage Rock Art Centre - Alta Museum IKS Altaveien 19, 9518 Alta Tel: +47 41 75 63 30 Fax: +47 78 45 63 50 Website: www.alta.museum.no Email: [email protected] Impressive rock carving, plus exhibit on jumper Bjorn Wirkola.

Elverum Glomdalsmuseet Museumsvegen 15, Postboks 1270 The world’s first dedicated ski museum was founded in 1923 in Frogneseter, 2405 Elverum Norway. It is now housed in the base of Tel: +47 62 41 91 00 the Holmenkollen ski jumping facility. Fax: +47 62 41 58 82 Website: www.glomdalsmuseet.no Email: [email protected]

Norsk Skogbruksmuseum poland Norwegian Forestry Museum Cieklin Soløveien 151 Muzeum Narciarstwa im. Stanislawa Barabasza 2407 Elverum Ski Museum of the Stanislaus Cieklinie Barabbas Tel: +47 62 40 90 00 38-222 Cieklin woj. Podkarpackie Fax: +47 62 40 90 50 Tel: +48 013 479 19 19 Website: www.skogmus.no Website: www.muzeum-narciarstwa.pl Email: [email protected] Oslo Open: Wed 09.00-14.00, Sat 09.00-11.00 Norskfolkemuseum Collection of Jósef Kusiba – evolution of skis in Museumveien 10 Poland N-0287 Oslo Tel: +47 22 12 37 00 Other Museums and Libraries Fax: +47 22 12 37 77 Website: www.norskfolkemuseum.no Warsaw Email: [email protected] Muzeum Sportu i Turystyki Museum of Sport and Tourism Tromsø Pope John Paul II Olympic Center Tromsø Museum ul. Wybrzeze Gdynskie 4 Tromsø Universitesmuseet 01-531 Warszawa Lars Thøringsvei 10 Tel: +48 22 56 03 780 N-99037 Tromsø Fax: +48 22 637 15 01 Tel: +47 77 64 50 01 Website: www.muzeumsport.waw.pl Website: www.uit.no/tmu Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Open: Tue-Fri 09.00-17.00; Sat & Sun 10.00-17.00 Also visit the Polar Museum in Tromsø, featuring Museum closed: New Year’s Day, 6 Jan, Easter, 1 exhibits on polar expeditions. May, Corpus Christi, 15 Aug, 1 Nov, 11 Nov, Christmas (2 days), and every Mon. Office Hours: Mon-Fri 08.00-16.00 Museum publications. Large library with ski materials among other sports. December 2012 | 11 Poland continued Maribor Zakopane Vojaški muzej Slovenske vojske Muzeum Tatrazanskie im Dra T. Chjalubinskiego Military Museum of the Slovenian Armed Forces Tatra Museum Kadetnica, ul. Krupowki 10 Engelsova 15, 34-500 Zakopane 2111 Maribor Tel: +48 18 20 152 05; +48 18 20 129 35 Tel: +386 (0) 2 449 50 06 Fax: +48 18 20 638 72 Fax: +386 (0) 2 449 51 11 Website: www.muzeumtatrzanskie.pl Website: www.vojaskimusej.si Email: [email protected] Open: June-Sept 10.00-17.00; Jan, Feb, Dec at Open: Wed-Sat 09.00-17.00 and Sun 09.00-15.00 10.00, 12.00, 14.00 1 May-30 Sept also open Tue 09.00-17.00 Library open: Tue-Fri 08.00-16.00 Mojstrana Archives open: Tue-Fri 08.00-15.00 Slovenski planinski muzej Admission: 7 Zloty Slovenian Alpine Museum Ski artifacts in this Tatra mountain museum. Triglavska cesta 49, 4281 Mojstrana Tel: +386 (0) 8 380 67 30 russia Fax: +386 (0) 4 589 10 35 Email: [email protected] Moscow Open: May-Sept 09.00-19.00, Oct-May 09.00-17.00 State Historical Museum Red Square 1 Trzic Moscow 109012 Trzic Museum Tel: +7 495 692 37 31 Muzejska 11 Website: www.shm.ru SI-4290 Trzic Collection of bog skis. Tel: +386 (0) 4 592 3810 Fax: +386 (0)4 592 3811 St. Petersburg Website: www.trziski-muzej.si Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Email: [email protected] Ethnography Open: 1 Oct-31 July Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 09.00- University Embarkment 3 15.00 and Wed 09.00-17.00 199034 Saint-Petersburg 1 Aug-30 Sept Mon-Fri 09.00-17.00, closed all Tel: +7 812 328 08 12, +7 812 328 14 12 year on Sat and Sun. Groups by appointment Fax: +7 812 328 0811 Admission: Adult: 2.90 Euro, Child/Student: 1.50 Website: www.kunstkamera.ru/en Euro Email: [email protected] Collection of bog skis. spain slovenia Salardu This museum is still in the early planning stage, Bloke awaiting discussion with the municipal authorities Občina Bloke (Municipality of Bloke) of Salardu. Nova vas 4 a, Contact: Miguel Arias Molino 1385 Nova vas Email: [email protected] Bloke Tel: +386 17 09 89 18 Unha. Lleida The municipality is building a sports hall in which Muséo dera Nhéu there will be Bloke skis displayed. To be ready by Snow Museum in the Aran Valley September 2014. Calle Santa Eulalia 17-19 Unha Tel: +34 973 644 030 Open: Winter: Tue, Wed, Thu, Sat 17.00-20.00; Fri 10.00-13.00 Closed Sun, Mon 12 | December 2012 20 Apr-15 July: Thu, Fri, Sun: 10.00-13.00, Sat: 10.00-13.00 and 17.00-20.00 switzerland 16 July-15 Sept: Wed, Thu,17.00-20.00; Fri, Sat: 10.00-13.00 and 17.00-20.00, Sun: 10.00-13.00 Bern 16 Sept-30 Nov: Thu, Fri: 10.00-13.00, sat: 10.00- Swiss Alpine Museum 13.00 and 17.00-20.00, Sun: 10.00-13.00 Helvetiaplatz 4, 3005 Bern Tel: +41 031 350 04 40 sweden Fax: +41 031 351 07 51 Website: www.alpinesmuseum.ch Åsarna Email: [email protected] Skimuseum Åsarna Summer and winter sports articles. Good library. Åsarna Ski Center Skis of Herman Hesse. Olstavägen 45 840 31 Åsarna Münchenstein Tel: +46 0687 302 30 Schweizer Sportmuseum (Sports Museum of Fax: +46 0687 303 60 Switzerland) Website: www.asarnaskicenter.se Reinacherstrasse 1-3 Email: [email protected] CH-4142 Münchenstein Tel: +41 61 261 12 21 Mora Fax: +41 61 261 12 47 Vasaloppsmuseet Website: www.sportmuseum.ch Vasaloppet House Email: [email protected] SE-792 32 Mora Much ski material among other sports. Good Tel: +46 0250 392 00 library. Fax: +46 0250 392 50 Website: www.vasaloppet.se Other Museums and Libraries Email: [email protected] Open: Mon-Wed: 08.00-16:30, Thu: 8:00-14:45, Arosa Fri: 08:00-16:30, Sat-Sun: Closed Schanfigger Heimatmuseum Eggahuus Closed for lunch: 12.00-13.00 7050 Arosa In October 2011, the museum was closed for Tel: +41 (0) 81 377 17 31 refurbishment; parts of the new exhibition were Website: www.arosa-museum.ch opened to the public in Winter 2012. Email: [email protected] Open: 18 June-19 Oct Mon, Wed, Fri: 14.30- Umeå 16.30 Svenska Skidmuseet – Västerbotten Museum 21 Dec-12 Apr Tue, Thu 14.30-16.30 Gammlia, Admission: 3 CHF 903 04 Umeå Tel: +46 90 16 39 00 Celerina (near St. Moritz) Website: www.vbm.se Bob-Museum Email: [email protected] Old Schoolhouse Many exhibits, good library. 7505 Celerina Tel: +41 81 830 00 11 Other Museums and Libraries Fax: +41 81 830 00 19 Website: http://www.engadin.stmoritz.ch/winter/ Tärnaby en/museen/bob-museum Fjällvindens Alpinarium Email: [email protected] Fack 169 Museum celebrating the history of bobsleigh/ S-920 64 Tärnaby bobsleds, including bobsleighs used in the1928 Olympics in St. Moritz.

December 2012 | 13 Switzerland continued ways as well as a replica of the first successful ski Davos lift (at Davos-Bolgen); good library. Wintersportmuseum Davos Promenade 43 Magglingen 7270 Davos Platz Eidgenössische Sportschule Tel: +41 (0)81 413 24 84 Swiss Sport School Website: www.wintersportmuseum.ch Federal Office of Sport Open: 16.30-18.30 Tue, Thu, Sat Dec-Mar: Tue, Swiss Federal Institute of Sports Thu, July-Oct 2532 Magglingen Admission: Adult: 5 CHF, Child: 3 CHF Tel: +41 (0) 32 327 62 26 Besides many vintage skis, replica of the first suc- Fax: +41 (0)32 327 63 56 cessful ski lift. Website: www.baspo.ch Email: [email protected] Grindelwald Very good library. Grindelwald Museum 3818 Grindelwald Pontresina (near St. Moritz) Tel: +41 (0) 33 853 43 02 Museum Alpin Pontresina Website: www.grindelwald-museum.ch Chesa Delnon House Email: [email protected] Via Maistra 199 Open: 15.00-18.00 daily except Mon and Sat 1 7504 Pontresina June-14 Oct Tel: +41 (0) 81 842 72 73 Admission: Adult: 6 CHF, Child: 2 CHF Website: www.pontresina.ch/museumalpin The Winter Sports Museum is on the second floor. Email: [email protected] Some winter sport material. Lausanne Musée Olympique Saas-Fee The Olympic Museum Saas-Fee/Saastal Tourismus Quai d’Ouchy 1 Obere Dorfstrasse 2 1001 Lausanne Postfach Tel: +41 21 621 65 11 3906 Saas-Fee Fax: +41 21 621 65 12 Tel: +41 (0)27 958 18 58 Website: www.olympic.museum.org Fax: +41 (0)27 958 18 60 Good library. Closed for renovations until the end Website: www.saas-fee.ch/de/page.cfm/saaser- of 2013, but small display opposite the museum. museum Email: [email protected] Lauterbrunnen Some winter sport material. Talmuseum Lauterbrunnen Ey Schönenwerd 3822 Lauterbrunnen Bally Schuhmuseum Museum Tel: +41 (0) 33 855 35 86 Bally Show Museum Website: www.talmuseumlauterbrunnen.ch Gösgerstrasse 15 Email: [email protected] 5012 Schönenwerd, Canton Solothurn Tel: +41 62 849 99 45 Lucerne Website: www.schoenenwerd.ch Swiss Museum of Transport Email: [email protected] Lidostrasse 5 Probably the most extensive collection of shoes in CH-6006 Lucerne the world, including early ski boots. Tel: +41(0)41 370 44 44 Fax: +41 (0)41 370 6168 Zermatt Website: www.verkehrshaus.ch/en/museum Matterhorn Museum in Zermatt Email: [email protected] 3920 Zermatt More than 3,000 objects displayed in an area Website: http://www.zermatt.ch/en/page.cfm/ exceeding 20,000 square meters, including cable- experience/culture/matterhorn_museum Email: [email protected]

14 | December 2012 Private Collections united kingdom Bad Ragaz Although no ski museum exists, the Ski Club of Jurg Hess Collection Great Britain in Wimbledon holds artifacts and an Unterrainstrasse 12 extensive library. There is an effort underway to CH-7310 Bad Ragaz, Canton St. Gallen establish a museum. Ski-bob collection Telephone: 44 20 8410 2009, call during office hours M-F Luzi Hitz Collection Website: www.skiclub.co.uk Corseaux sur Vevey, Canton Vaud Email: [email protected] About 120 pairs of alpine skis from around 1900 united states to the present and much documentation. E-mail Hitz to arrange a visit and for directions. Kingfield, Maine Ski Museum of Maine Les Bois 256 Main St./P.O. Box 359 Laurent Donzé Collection Kingfield, ME 04947 Email: [email protected] Tel: 207-265-2023 Likely the largest collection of cross-country skis in Website: www.skimuseumofmaine.org the world (about 2,000 pairs as well as over 200 Email: [email protected] pairs of antique alpine skis). Email Donzé to Open: Daily in winter, 09.00-17.00 arrange a visit and for directions. Franconia, New Hampshire Näfels New England Ski Museum Museum des Landes Glarus 135 Tramway Drive/P.O. Box 267 Freulerpalast Exit 34B, I-93 8752 Näfels Franconia, NH 03580 Tel: +41 (0) 55 612 13 78 Tel: 603-823-7177 Fax: +41 (0)55 612 52 32 Fax: 603-823-9505 Email: [email protected] Website: www.skimuseum.org Open: 1 Apr-30 Nov: Tue-Sun 10.00-12.00 and Email: [email protected] 14.00-17.30. Closed Mondays Open: Daily from 10.00-17.00 from Memorial Admission: Adult: 8 CHF, Child/student/military: 5 Day until the end of ski season. CHF Admission: Free Skisport museum with Glarus material Many exhibits, good library. Journal published four times a year. Extensive manuscript archives. Spiez Email: [email protected] Collection of about 250 Swiss alpine skis, many made by Stöckli.

Tramelan Musée du Ski Geiser Rudi Geiser Geiser-Sports SA Rue Virgile-Rossel 1 2720 Tramelan, Canton Jura-Bern Tel: +41 32 487 52 55 Website: www.geiser-sports.ch Shop with some older skis.

The New England Ski Museum is located near the base of the aerial tramway at Cannon Mountain in Franconia, New Hampshire.

December 2012 | 15 United States continued Norco, California Government Camp, Oregon California Ski Library Mt. Hood Cultural Center and Museum 3321 Aryana Ave. 88900 E Hwy 26, Business Loop Norco, CA 92860 P.O. Box 55, Government Camp Tel: 951-207-9218 OR 97028 Website: www.skilibrary.com Tel: 503-272-3301 Email: [email protected] Website: www.mthoodmuseum.org Mailing Address: Open: Daily, year round 09.00-17.00 P.O. Box 273 Norco, CA 92860

Bob Hendrickson Park City, Utah Alf Engen Ski Museum Joe Quinney Winter Sports Park Utah Olympic Park Park City, UT 84098 Tel: 435-658-4240 Fax: 435-658-4258 Website: www.engenmuseum.org Admission: Free Open: Daily 10.00-18.00 Material from Utah, Alf Engen and the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Soda Springs, California Western Skisport Museum Auburn Ski Club 19749 Boreal Ridge Rd./P.O. Box 829 Soda Springs, CA 95728 Tel: 530-426-3313 ext. 101 Fax: 530-426-3501 Website: www.auburnskiclub.com/ski-museum and www.auburnskiclub.org Contact: [email protected] Open: Fri, Sat, & Sun 10.00-16.00, during the ski The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame and Museum in season only. Ishpeming, Michigan has exhibits and a library. Admission: Free Collection of gold rush skis and Far Western skiing, library. Operated by the Auburn Ski Club. Ishpeming, Michigan U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame 610 Palms Avenue/P.O. Box 191 Stowe, Vermont Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum Ishpeming, MI 1 South Main St./P.O. Box 1511 Tel: 906-485-6323 The Perkins Building Fax: 906-486-4570 Stowe, VT 05672 Website: www.skihall.com Tel: 802-253-9911 Email: [email protected] Fax: 802-253-2616 Admission: Free, donations accepted. Website: www.vtssm.com Open: Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00, year round Email: [email protected] Many exhibits, good library. Official journal is Open: Wed-Mon 12.00-17.00 Skiing Heritage magazine, published six times a Admission: Suggested $3 per person, $5 family year by the International Skiing History Association Director: Meredith Scott (www.skiinghistory.org). Displays of Vermont ski history. Newsletter three times a year.

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Left: The Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum is located on Main Street in his- Tannersville, Pennsylvania toric Stowe. Above: The Alf Engen Pennsylvania Ski Museum at Camelback Ski Area Ski Museum is housed within the Utah Email: [email protected] Olympic Park complex in Park City. Website: www.paskimuseum.org

Vail, Colorado Colorado Ski Museum and Hall of Fame Boulder, Colorado 231 Frontage Rd. E/P.O. Box 1976 Neptune Mountaineering and Ski Museum Vail, CO 81657 Table Mesa Shopping Center Tel: 970-476-1876 633 South Broadway, Unit A Fax: 970-476-1879 Boulder, CO 80305 Website: www.skimuseum.net Tel: 888-499-8866 Email: [email protected] Fax: 303-499-2130 Admission: Free Website: www.neptunemountaineering.com/ Open: Summer: Jun 1-Oct: Daily 10.00-18.00 gear_museum.aspx Open: Winter: Dec-Apr: Daily 10am-6:30pm Email: [email protected] Open: Spring/Fall: 16 Apr- 31 May, Oct-18 Nov: Private collection in a shop, cross-country displays. Daily 10.00-17.00 Extensive collection of 10th Mountain Division Decorah, Iowa artifacts. Exhibits mostly Colorado, small library, Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum good video collection. 502 W. Water St./P.O. Box 379 Decorah, IA 52101 Other Museums and Libraries Tel: 563-382-9681 Fax: 563-382-8828 Aspen, Colorado Website: www.vesterheim.org Aspen Historical Society Email: [email protected] 620 West Bleeker St. Open: 1 May-31 Oct 09.00-17.00; 1 Nov-30 Apr Aspen, CO 81611 10.00-16.00 Tel: 970-925-3721 Admission: Adult: $10, Senior: $8, Youth 7-18: $5 Fax: 970-925-5347 Executive Director: Steven L. Johnson Website: www.aspenhistory.com Small collection of early Midwestern skiing, Email: [email protected] immigrant emphasis. December 2012 | 17 Mammoth Lakes, California Steamboat Springs, Colorado Mammoth Ski Museum Tread of Pioneers Museum Mammoth Lakes Foundation, Edison Hall 800 Oak St. 100 College Parkway Steamboat Springs, CO 80487 Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 Tel: 970-879-2214 Tel: 760-934-3781 Website: www.treadofpioneers.org Fax: 760-934-6019 Email: [email protected] Website: www.mammothlakesfoundation.org/mu- Open: Tue-Sat 11.00-17.00 seum.html Admission: Adult: $5, Senior: $4, Child: $1 Email: [email protected] Small display of skiing material in local museum. Note: Currently closed for renovations. Will reopen New England Lost Ski Areas Project for winter 2012-13. Contact: Jeremy Davis Website: www.nelsap.org Stratton, Vermont Online archive with descriptions of more than 500 Stratton Archives Collection defunct ski areas in New England. Stratton Foundation P.O. Box 523 Salt Lake City, Utah Stratton Mountain, VT 05155 Utah Ski Archives Tel: 802-297-2096 Marriot Library Special Collection Website: www.strattonfoundation.org/ University of Utah strattonarchivescollection.php Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Small collection on view. Tel: 801-581-3421 Website: www.skiarchives.org Sun Valley/Ketchum, Idaho Email: [email protected] Ketchum/Sun Valley Historical Heritage and Library and official repository for 2002 Winter Ski Museum Olympics material. 180 E. 1st St./P.O. Box 2746 Ketchum, ID 83340 Sandia Peak, New Mexico Tel: 208-726-8118 New Mexico Ski Hall of Fame Website: www.ksvhs.com Website: www.nmskihall.org Email: [email protected] Open: Mon-Sat Admission: Free Exhibits local material.

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