SWISS SKI MUSEUM
MUSEEM MIT SKI
AUSTRALIA
Victoria
National Alpine Museum of Australia, Inc.
L1 Mt. Buller Community Centre (P.O. Box 177)
Mt. Buller, Victoria 3723
Tel: +61 3 5777 7235
www.facebook.com/nationalalpinemuseumaustralia
www.nama.org.au
Email: info@nama.org.au or museum@mtbuller.com.au
Hours:
Winter: Queen’s Birthday (2nd Monday in June) – End of the ski season, Daily 1-4pm
Summer: Boxing Day (12/26) – Jan. 7, Daily 1-4pm; January weekends 10am-4pm, Super Saturdays 10am-4pm
Admission: Free
Thredbo
Thredbo Ski Museum
P.O. Box 6
New South Wales 2625
www.thredboskimuseum.com
Museum Administrator: Christina Webb
President: Alan Fredericks
Patron: Kurt Lance
Tel: +61 2 6457 7410 (At the Thredbo Alpine Inn)
Admission: Free (Donations accepted)
Hours:
Winter: July & August, daily 1-5pm (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
AUSTRIA
Eisenerz Wintersportmuseum – No information available online – may no longer exist.
Ellmau Skimuseum – No information available online – may no longer exist.
Haus im Ennstal
Wintersportmuseum
Schlossplatz 189, 8967 Haus im Ennstal
Director: Willi Wawra
www.haus.at/de/kultur/wintersportmuseum.php
Email: wintersportmuseum@haus.at
Open: Tues. 10am-noon, Wed. 4:30-8:30pm
And by appointment
Tel: +43 3686 2207-17
Fax: +43 3686 2207-32
Hochpillberg
Skimuseum, Naturhotel Grafenast
Am Hochpillberg- auf 1330 M
A-6130 Schwaz/Tirol
Tel: +43 5242 63209
Fax: +43 5242 63209-99
Exclusive private collection of the Unterlechner Family
www.grafenast.at/index.php/tourengehen.html
Email: sehnsucht@grafenast.at
Dr. Hansjorg and Marianne Unterlechner
Kitzbühel
Bergbahnmuseum (Cable Car Museum)
Hahnenkammstraße 1a A-6370 Kitzbühel
http://www.kitzbuehel.com/de/aktivitaeten/ausfluege/detail.htm?id=241
Email: Info@bergbahn-kitzbuehel.at
Tel: +43 5356 66660
Fax: +43 5356 66660-77
Open: Daily 10am-4pm - Free Admission
Museum Kitzbühel
Hinterstadt 32,
6370 Kitzbühel
Tel: +43 (0)5356 67274
www.museum-kitzbuehel.at
Email: info@museum-kitzbuehel.at
Leobersdorf
Leobersdorf Ski Museum
Hauptschule, Schulgasse 5
A-2544 Leobersdorf
Tel: +43 2256 621110
Email: wido.sieberer@uibk.ac.at
Lilienfeld
Bezirks-Heimatmuseum mit Zdarsky-Skimuseum und Zdarsky-Archiv
Babenbergerstr 3, A-3180 Lilienfeld
Open: Thurs 16.00-18.00, Sat 16.00-18.00, Sun 16.00-18.00, special opening times for groups on request — also films and CD-shows about Mathias Zdarsky.
Entry: EUR 3
Tel: +43 2762 52212 13 ,
Fax: 43 276252478
Displays, and primary sources for Zdarsky material
Website: zdarsky-ski-museum.at
Email: bez.heimatmuseum-lilienfeld@aon.at or tourismus@lilienfeld.at.
Hours: Fri., Sat., Sun. 4pm – 6pm. Groups by appt.
Murzzuschlag
Wintersportmuseum
Wiener Strasse 13,
A-8680 Muerzzuschlag,
Hours: Tues. – Sun.: 9am-12:30pm, 2pm-5pm
Email: office@wintersportmuseum.com
Saalbach
Skimuseum und Heimathaus Saalbach-Hinterglemm
Dorfplatz 36, A-5753 Saalbach
Contact: Maria Mitterer
Tel: +43 6644 767807
Website: http://www.saalbach.com/en/summer/the-valley-of-games/further-activities...
Hours: Tues. & Thurs. : 2pm-6pm
St. Anton
The Museum of St. Anton
Rudi-Matt-Weg 10, 6580 St. Anton am Arlberg
Tel: +43 5446 2269 58
Fax: +43 5446 2532
Website: www.museum-stanton.com
Email: office@museum-stanton.com
Hours: Daily in winter and summer at 3pm, spring and fall call first
Contact: Miriam Scherl
Admission:
Adults: 4 Euros
Under 16: Free
Development of St. Anton shown with particular emphasis on Hannes Schneider
Vienna
Osterreichisches Olympiamuseum
Austrian Olympic Museum
Now a virtual museum
Website: www.olympia.at/main.asp
Email: marcus.hudec@univie.ac.at
office@olympia.at
Vordernberg
Erzbergbahn-und Wintersportmuseum
Verein Erzbergbahn
Hauptstrasse 140
8794 Vordernberg
Tel: +43 3849 832
Fax: +43 3849 21995
Email: office@erzbergbahn.at
Hirschegg
Wintersportmuseum in Walserhaus
Walserhaus
Kleinwalsertal
Fremdenverk-Bet GmbH
Walserstrasse 64
A-6992 Hirschegg
Tel: +43 (0)5517 5114-460
Email: info@walserhaus.at
Website: www.walserhaus.at
Hours:
Mon-Sat: 9am-5pm
Sun/Hol: 8am-3pm
Admission: Free
Werfenweng
FIS Landesskimuseum Werfenweng
Am Dorfplatz (Village Square) Weng 138
A-5453 Werfenweng
Tel: +43 (0)664 50 000 96
Fax: +43 (0)6466 581-72
Website: www.skimuseum.at
Email: info@skimuseum.at
Hours: Wed, Fri, Sat and Sun, 1pm-5pm
Absam
Gemeindemuseum Absam (Absam Municipal Museum)
Im Alten Kirchenwirt
Walburga-Schindlstrasse 31,
A-6067 Absam
Contact: Matthias Breit
Email: kontact@museumabsam.at
www.museumabsam.at
Free admission
Bregenz
Vorarlberger Militärmuseum
“This museum is currently being redesigned for a different location in Bregenz.”
Egg-Ittensberg
Wälder Heimatschau (Museum of Local History and Culture)
Gasthof Rössli, Grossdorf 155
A-6863 Egg-Ittensberg
Tel: +43 5512 2762
Exhibits on Viktor Sohm
Fügen
Heimatmuseum (Museum of Local History)
Lindenweg
A-6263 Fügen
Website: www.tyrol.tl/en/highlights/museums-and-exhibitions/museum-of-local-histo...
Email: tvb.fuegen@aon.at
Tel: +43 5288 62262
Gaschurn
Tourismusmuseum
Frümesserhaus
A-6793 Gaschurn
Website: www.montafoner-museen.at
Email: info@montafoner-museen.at
Tel: +43 (0) 5556 74723
Goldegg
Pongauer Heimatmuseum
Schloss Goldegg, (Castle Goldegg)
Hofmark 1
A-5622 Goldegg
Website: www.museum-goldegg.at
Tel: +43 (0)6415 8213
Fax: +43 (0)6415 8234
Gröbming
Heimatmuseum
Hauptstrasse 200
A8962 Gröbming
Museum Director: Hubert Pleninger
Email: pleninger@aon.at
Tel: +43 (0)6385 22573
Hinterstoder
Austellungshaus Alpineum
A-4573 Hinterstoder
Email: hinterstoder@pyhrn-priel.net
Tel: +43 (0)7654 5263
Innsbruck
Alpinverein-Museum (Alpine Club Museum)
Rennweg 1
Imperial Palace at Innsbruck
6020 Innsbruck
Website: www.alpenverein.at/portal/museum-kultur/alpenverein-museum
Email: bergeleidenschaft@alpenverein.at
Tel: +43 512 59547 19 / +43 512 587186 12
Fax: +43 512 587 18 613
Jochberg
Bergbau -und Heimatmuseum (Mining and Heritage Museum)
Schulgasse 3
6373 Jochberg
Website: www.museum-jochberg.at
Email: info@museum-jochberg.at
Tel: +43 (0) 5355 5444
Lech
Walsermuseum Lech-Tannberg
Firehouse
6764 Lech
Website: www.vorarlbergermuseen.at/museen/walsermuseum-lech-tannberg/information
Email: museumverein@aon.at
Tel: +43 (0) 5583 2213 36
Curator: Veronika Walch
Admission: Free
Mariazell
Heimatmuseum
Weiner Strasse 35
A-8630 Mariazell
Website: www.mariazeller-heimathaus.at/heimathaus/wintersport
Email: mariazeller.heimathaus@aon.at
Tel: +43 (0)3882 43126
Mittersill
Felberturm-Museum
Museumstrasse 2
A-5730 Mittersill
Tel: +43 6562 4444 / +43 6562 4249
Ramsau am Dachstein
Alpinmuseum Austriahütte
Schildehen, Nöslerweg
A-8972 Ramsau am Dachstein
Website: www.alpinverein-austria.at
Email: austriahuette@gmail.com
Director: Stefan Galbavy
Tel: +43 (0)1513 1003
Spittal an der Drau
Museum für Volkskultur
Schloss Porcia (Porcia Castle)
A-9800 Spittal an der Drau
Email: museum@spittal-drau
Tel: +43 4762 2890
Trofaiach
Heimatmuseum
Schloss Stibichhofen (Stibichhofen Castle)
Ribenberggasse 2a
A-8793 Trofaiach
Website: www.trofaiach.at
Curator: Wolfgang Slamig
Email: wolfgang.slamig@museum-trofaiach.at
Tel: +43 3847 2260
Vienna
Institut für Sportwissenschaften der Universität der Wien
(Institute of Sports Science at the University of Vienna)
Auf der Schmelz 6
A-1150 Vienna
Contact: Dr. Rudolf Müllner
Email: rudolf.muellner@univie.ac.at
Tel: +43 (1)4277 48830
Fax: +43 (1)4277 48839
Zell am See
Heimatmuseum Vogtturm
Stadtplatz (Town Square)
A-5700 Zell am See
Email: vogtturm@a1.net
Contact: Hildegard Neumayr
Tel: +43 6645 8627 06
CANADA
Ottawa, Ontario
The Canada Ski Hall of Fame and Museum
Museum temporarily mothballed, looking for a new home.
9-2420 Bank St.
Ottawa, Ont. K1V 8S1
Website: www.halloffame.magma.ca
Email: halloffame@magma.ca
Tel: 613-422-1288
Banff, Alberta
Canadian Ski Museum West
@Cascade Plaza Shops
317 Banff Ave.
Banff, AB T1L 1C1
Website: www.cascadeplaza.ca/events.html
Tel: 403-762-8484
Calgary, Alberta
Canada Olympic Park & Museum
88 Olympic Park Road SW
Calgary, AB T3B 5R5
Website: www.winsportcanada.ca
Email: info@winsportcanada.ca
Tel: 403-247-5452
St-Sauveur, Québec
Musée du Ski des Laurentides (Laurentian Ski Museum)
30 Avenue Fillon
St-Sauveur
Québec J0R 1R0
Website: www.museeduskilaurentides.com
Email: info@museeduski.com
Conservatrice: Marie-Eve Auclair
Tel: 450-227-2564 x.222
Revelstoke, British Columbia
Revelstoke Ski Museum (Part of Revelstoke Museum)
315 First St. Box 1908
Revelstoke, BC V0E 2S0
Website: www.revelstokemuseum.ca
Email: curator@revelstokemuseum.ca
Gen. Inquiries: info@revelstokemuseum.com
Curator/Mgr: Cathy English
Tel: 250-837-3067
Fax: 250-837-3094
Hours:
Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm
Sun: 11am-5pm
Banff, Alberta
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
111 Bear St. Box 160
Banff, AB T1L 1A3
Website: www.whyte.org
Email: info@whyte.org
Tel: 403-762-2291
Fax: 403-762-8919
London, Ontario
International Centre for Olympic Studies at The University of Western Ontario
Room 317 Labatt Sciences Bldg.
London, ON N6A 5B9
Website: www.uwo.ca/olympic/index.html
Tel: 519-661-2111 x. 88383
Director: Janice Forsyth
Email: janice.forsyth@uwo
Director’s tel: 519-661-4113
Rossland, British Columbia
Rossland Historical Museum
Corner of Hwys 3b and 22
PO Box 26
Rossland, BC V0G 1Y0
Website: www.rosslandmuseum.ca
Email: rosslandmuseum@netidea.ca
Tel: 250-362-7722
Toll free: 888-448-7444
Fax: 250-362-5379
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame
Canadian Association for Sports Heritage
219 May Street South
Thunder Bay, ON P7E 1B5
Tel: 807-622-2852
Fax: 807-622-2736
Website: www.nwosportshalloffame.com
www.sportsheritage.org
Email: nwosport@tbaytel.net
CHINA
China Sports Museum – Vasaloppet Museum Project (Coming Soon)
Changchun Vasaloppet Museum
Website: www.vasaloppetchina.com (server currently down)
CZECH REPUBLIC
Jilemnice
Krkonosske Muzeum at Jilemnice Castle
Lock 75
514 01 Jilemnice
Website: www.kmjilemnice.cz
Tel: +42 (0)481-543-041
Mgr: Jan Luštinec
Nové Mesto na Morave (New Town in Moravia)
Horacké MuzeumEstonia
Vratislovo 114 Square
592 31 Nové Mesto
Website: www.nmnm.cz
Email: horacke.muzeum@nmnm.cz
Tel: +42 (0)566-598-760
Fax: +42 (0)566-598-705
Curator: Sylva Tešarová
Sylva.Tesarova@nmnm.cz
ESTONIA
Ottepää
Talispordimuuseum (Winter Sports Museum)
Nüpli, Otepää Parish
67408 Valga County
Tel: +372 766 3670
Website: www.otepaa.ee/kultur/muuseumid/otepaeae-suusamuuseum
Museum Head: Tanel Uibo
Email: tanel@spordimuuseum.ee
Tartu
Estonia Sports Museum
Rüütli 15
51007 Tartu
Website: www.spordimuuseum.ee
Email: info@spordimuuseum.ee
Tel: +372 730 0750
FINLAND
Lahti
Lahti Ski Museum
Sports Center, Salpausselänkatu 8
PO Box 113, FI-15111 Lahti
Website: www.lahdenmuseo.fi
Email: hiitomuseuo@lahti.fi
Tel: +358 3814 4523
Hours:
Tue-Fri 10am-5pm
Sat-Sun 11am-5pm
Helsinki
Sports Museum of Finland
Olympic Stadium
FI-00250 Helsinki
Website: www.urheilumuseo.fi
Email: urheilumuseo@stadion.fi
Tel: +09 434 2250
Displays, library especially strong in Finnish newspapers and periodicals.
FRANCE
Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise
Musée du Ski
Maison de la Reine Margot
Home of Queen Margot
11 Rue Boucherie
63610 Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise
Tel: +33 04 73 79 57 30
Large and excellent private collection, small library.
Chamonix/Mont Blanc
Musée Alpin
Exceptional documentation regardimg the history of mountaineering and skiing in the Valley.
www.gralon.net/tourisme/musee-musee-alpin-de-chamonix-1049.htm
Grenoble
Musée du Ski
30 Rue Maurice Gignoux
38031 Grenoble
Website: www.musee-dauphinois.fr/1981-la-grande-histoire-du-ski.htm
Email: musee.dauphinois@cg38.fr
Tel: +33 04 57 58 89 01
Fax: +33 04 76 87 60 22
Excellent collection, much from Rossignol, good library.
Les Rousses
Le Grand Tétra
39220 Les Rousses, Jura
Open: Call ahead
Contact: Roger Tangueley
Tel: +33 84 60 51 13
Website: www.ccpos.e-monsite.com/blog/musee-du-ski-les-rousses.html
Private museum with a good collection, especially from Jura.
Albertville
Maison des Jeux Olympiques d’Hiver
House of the Winter Olympic Games
11, rue Pargoud
73200 Albertville
Email: maisonjeuxolympiques-albertville.org
Website: www.maisonjeuxolympiques-albertville.org/?lang=en
Tel: +33 04 79 37 75 71
Fax: +33 04 79 32 38 75
Paris
Musée National du Sport
National Sports Museum
93 avenue de France
75013 Paris
Email: contact@museumdusport.fr
Website: www.museedusport.fr
Tel: +33 01 45 83 15 80
Club Alpin Francais
24 avenue Laumière
75019 Paris
Website: www.ffcam.fr/
Essential to telephone ahead. Excellent library.
Other Club Alpin Français sections hold library materials, too.
GERMANY
Braunlage
Heimat- und Skimuseum
Heritage and Ski Museum
Am Graben 4
38700 Braunlage
Website: www.museum-braunlage.de/
Tel: +49 5520 1646
Fax: +49 5520 999986
Hours: Tues. & Fri.: 10am-noon, Dec. 21st – Oct. 31st
Local collections.
Hinterzarten
Schwarzwälder Skimuseum Hugenhof
Black Forest Ski Museum in Hugenhof
Erlenbrucker road
79856 Hinterzarten
Director: Dr. Brigitte von Savigny
Website: www.schwarzwaelder-skimuseum.de
Email: info@schwarwaelder-skimuseum.de
Tel: +49 7652 982192
Hours: Tues., Wed., & Fri.: 2pm -5pm; Sat., Sun. & public holiday: noon-5pm
Displays, Georg Thoma material.
Kempton
Alpin-und Skimuseum
Branch of the Bavarian National Museum
with the participation of the German Alpine Club
Landwehrstrasse 4
87439 Kempten (Allgau)
Tel: +49 0831 2525-740
Phone Administration: +49 0831 2525-200
Info and bookings guidance:
Tel: +49 0831 2525-369 (Mr. Cook)
Hours: Mar. 1st – Nov. 18th, Tues.-Sun.: 10am-4pm
Large displays, good library.
Oberwiesenthal
Ski- und Heimatmuseum
Ski and Heritage Museum
Karlsbaderstrasse 3
09484 Oberwiesenthal
Tel: +49 037348 2 36 20
Hours: Mon. – Sat.: 2pm – 5pm, Sun.: 10am – noon
Planegg
DSV German Ski Museum, the House of Ski
Hubertusstrasse 1
82152 Planegg
Director/Historian: Gerd Falkner
Email: gerd.falkner@deutscheskiverband.de
Website: http://www.deutscherskiverband.de/ueber_uns_skimuseum_uebersicht_de,348....
Tel: +49 089 85790270
Displays, excellent library. Holds Carl Luther (CIL) archive.
Reit im Winkl
Skimuseum Reit im Winkl
Verwaltungsgebäude, Rathausplatz 1
D-83242 Reit im Winkl
Director: Amtsrat Höflinger
Website: http://www.reitimwinkl.de/de/reit-im-winkler-museen-im-ueberblick
Telephone: +49 86 40 80 00
Fax: +49 86 40 80 034
Hannover
Niedersächsisches Institut für Sportgeschichte
Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History
Ferdinand-Wilhelm Fricke-Weg 10
30169 Hannover
Tel: +49 0511 1268 5060
Fax: +49 0511 1268 5065
Website: www.nish.de/
Email: info@nish.de
Managing Director: Prof. Dr. Bernd Wedemeyer-Kolwe
Excellent library for Harz material.
Köln (Cologne)
Deutsche Sportochschule
Central Library of Sport Sciences at the German Sports University in Cologne
On Sports Müngersdorf 6
50933 Cologne
Website: www.zbsport.de
Director: Dr. Heike Schiffer
Deutsches sport- und Olympia-Museum
German Sports and Olympic Museum
Im Zollhafen 1
50678 Cologne
Phone: +49 0221 33609-0
Fax: +49 0221 33609-99
Website: www.sportmuseum.de/
E-mail: info@sportmuseum.de
Director: Frank Dürr
duerr@sportmuseum.de
Leipzig
Leipzig Sport Museum
Am Sportforum 10
04105 Leipzig, Germany
Website: www.stadtgeschichtliches-museum-leipzig.de
Email: sportmuseum.leipzig@t-online.de
Tel: +49 0341 9805112
Fax: +49 0341 9806491
Manager: Dr. Gerlinde Rohr
Small collection, small library.
Oberhof
Thüringer Winter Sports Museum
Superior Court first floor
Crawinkler Strasse 1
98559 Oberhof/Thüringen
Website: www.wintersportmuseum.de
Email: info@oberhof.de
Tel: +49 036842-53850
Fax: +49 036842-53839
CEO: Marion Grüneberger
Peiting/Obb
Museum im Kloesterle
Kapellenstrasse 1
86971 Peiting
Website: www.peiting.de/tourismus/kultur/peiting/museum-im-kloesterle
Email: kloesterle-museum@gmx.de
Tel: +49 (0) 8861 6535
Fax: +49 (0) 8861 59140
Winterberg
Westdeutschen Wintersport Museum
West German Winter Sports Museum (Schultenhof)
Neuastenberger Strasse 19
59955 Winterberg
District: Neuastenberg
Tel: +49 (0) 2981 2636
Tel (when open): +49 (0) 2981 920229
Website: www.skimuseum-winterberg.de
Email: info@winterberg.de
ITALY
Montebelluna
Montebelluna Sportsystem – Museo Dello Scarpone
Museum of the Boot
Vicolo Zuccareda 5
31044 Montebelluna (TV)
Director: Aldo Durante
Tel: +39 0423 303282
Fax: +39 0423 606699
Website: www.museoscarpone.it/
Email: info@montebellunadistrict.com
Hours: Monday to Friday: 9:00am -noon, 3:00pm – 6:00pm
Saturday and Sunday by appointment for groups
Torino
Museo Nazionale della Montagna
National Museum of the Mountain
Piazzale Monte del Cappuccini 7
10131 Turin
Tel: +39 011 6604104
Fax: +39 011 6604622
Website: www.museomontagna.org
Email: posta@museomontagna.org
Director: Aldo Audisio
JAPAN
Nagano
Nozawa Onsen Ski Museum
9780-4 Toyosato
Nozawa onsen, Shimotakaigun,
Nagano
Website:www.nozawakanko.jp/english/play/
Email: info@tonozawakanko.Jp
Sapporo
Historical Museum of Hokkaido
53-2 Atsubetsucho-konopporo,
Atsubetsuku, Sapporo 004-0006
Tel: +81 011-898-2657
Fax: +81 011-898-2657
Website: www.hmh.pref.hokkaido.jp/
Hours: Open daily 9:30am – 4:30pm Closed Mondays
LIECHTENSTEIN
Eschen
Geissmann
Private collection of (Swiss) Schwendener skis.
Geissmann.rainer@adon.li
NORWAY
Kongsberg
Kongsberg Ski Museum – Norsk Bergverksmuseum
Hyttegata 3
3616 Kongsberg
Director: Alfhild Skaardal
Tel: +47 975 43449
Email: as@bvm.museum
Website: www.norsk-bergverksmuseum.no
The Kongsberg Ski Museum is in the Norwegian Mining Museum.
Many exhibits. Special exhibits on the Ruud brothers.
Lillehammer
Norges Olympiske Museum
Norwegian Olympic Museum
Håkons Hall,
2618 Lillehammer
Tel: +47 61 05 76 50
Email: post@ol.museum.no
Website: www.maihaugen.no
Olympic exhibits from 1924 to the present.
Morgedal
Norsk skieventyr/Olav Bjaaland Museum
3850 Kviteseid
3848 Morgedal
Tel: +47 350 69 080
Fax: +47 474 50 533
Email: tg@vtm.no
Website:www.morgedal.com/en/activities/ski-museum
Good exhibits on Norheim, Bjaaland and ski workshop and library.
Ask about visiting Sondre Norheim’s house in Øverbø.
Also see the Sondre Norheim website at: www.sondrenorheim.com.
Oslo
Holmenkollen Skimuseet
Kongsveien 5
0390 Oslo
Tel: +47 916 71 947
Museum Coordinator: Ms. Anslaug Midtdal
Email: Aslaug.Midtdal@skiforeningen.no
Website: www.holmenkollen.com
Trondheim
Skimuseet Sverresborg, Trondelag Folkmuseum
Sverresborg Allé 13, Postboks 1107
N-7020 Trondheim
Tel: +47 73 89 01 00
Fax: +47 73 89 01 50
Website: www.sverresborg.no
Email: post@sverresborg.no
Booking: booking@sverresborg.no
Ski museum is among a large number of buildings which comprise the Folk Museum.
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: post@altamuseum.no
Impressive rock carving, plus exhibit on jumper Bjorn Wirkola.
Elverum
Glomdalsmuseet
Museumsvegen 15, Postboks 1270
2405 Elverum
Tel: +47 62 41 91 00
Fax: +47 62 41 58 82
Website: www.glomdalsmuseet.no
Email: post@glomdalsmuseet.no
Norsk Skogbruksmuseum
Norwegian Forestry Museum
Soløveien 151
2407 Elverum
Tel: +47 62 40 90 00
Fax: +47 62 40 90 50
Website: www.skogmus.no
Oslo
Norskfolkemuseum
Museumveien 10
N-0287 Oslo
Tel: +47 22 12 37 00
Fax: +47 22 12 37 77
Website: www.norskfolkemuseum.no
Email: post@norskfolkemuseum.no
Tromsø
Tromsø Museum – Tromsø Universitesmuseet
Lars Thøringsvei 10
N-99037 Tromsø
Tel: +47 77 64 50 01
Website: www.uit.no/tmu
Email: museumspost@tmu.uit.no
Also visit the Polar Museum in Tromsø, featuring exhibits on polar expeditions
POLAND
Cieklin
Muzeum Narciarstwa im. Stanislawa Barabasza
Ski Museum of the Stanislaus Cieklinie Barabbas
38-222 Cieklin woj. Podkarpackie
Tel: +48 013 479 19 19
Contact: Wieslaw Czechowicz
Website: www.muzeum-narciarstwa.pl
Email: muzeumnarciarstwa@op.pl
Hours: Wed. 9am – 2pm, Sat. 9am – 11am
Exhibition: Collection of Jósef Kusiba – evolution of skis in Poland (author: Leon Rak)
Warsaw
Muzeum Sportu i Turystyki
Museum of Sport and Tourism
Pope John Paul II Olympic Center
ul. Wybrzeze Gdynskie 4
01-531 Warszawa
Tel: +48 22 56 03 780
Fax: +48 22 637 15 01
Website: www.muzeumsport.waw.pl
Email: muzsport@muzeumsportu.waw.pl
Director: Thomas Jagodzinski
Hours: Tues. – Fri. 9:00am – 5:00pm; Sat. & Sun. 10:00am – 5:00pm
Museum closed: New Year’s Day, Jan. 6, Easter, May 1, Corpus Christi, 15 August, 1 November, 11 November, Christmas (2 days), and every Monday.
Museum publications. Large library with ski materials among other sports.
Zakopane
Muzeum Tatrazanskie im Dra T. Chjalubinskiego
Tatra Museum
ul. Krupowki 10
34-500 Zakopane
Tel: +48 18 20 152 05; +48 18 20 129 35
Fax: +48 18 20 638 72
Website: www.muzeumtatrzanskie.pl
Email: biuro@muzeumtatrzanskie.pl
Director: Teresa Jablonska
Ski artifacts in this Tatra mountain museum.
RUSSIA
Moscow
State Historical Museum
Red Square 1
Moscow 109012
Tel: +7 495 692 37 31
Website: www.shm.ru
Collection of bog skis.
St. Petersburg
Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography
University Embarkment 3
199034 Saint-Petersburg
Tel: +7 812 328 08 12, +7 812 328 14 12
Fax: +7 812 328 0811
Website: www.kunstkamera.ru/en
Email: info@kunstkamera.ru
Collection of bog skis.
SLOVENIA
Trzic
Trzic Museum, Slovenian Ski Museum
Tržiški muzej, Slovenski smučarski muzej
Muzejska 11
4290 TRŽIČ, Slovenia
Tel. No.: 00386 (0)4 592 38 10
Opening hours: Monday – Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5.p.m.
except holidays – all year; extra hours can be arranged by advance agreement
Directorice Jana Babšek, E-mail: jana.babsek@guest.arnes.si
Cost of entry: adults 2 EUR, children and students 1 EUR
Website: www.trziski-muzej.si
SPAIN
Salardu
This museum is still in the early planning stage, awaiting discussion with the municipal authorities
of Salardu.
Contact: Miguel Arias Molino
Email: m.arias-molino@sei.es
SWEDEN
Åsarna
Skimuseum Åsarna
Åsarna Ski Center
Olstavägen 45
840 31 Åsarna
Tel: +46 0687 302 30
Fax: +46 0687 303 60
Website: www.asarnaskicenter.se
Email: info@asarnaskicenter.se
Directors: Håkan and Britt-Marie Svensson
Mora
Vasaloppsmuseet
Vasaloppet House
SE-792 32 Mora
Tel: +46 0250 392 00
Fax: +46 0250 392 50
Website: www.vasaloppet.se
Email: info@vasaloppet.se
Hours: Mon-Wed: 8:00-16:30, Thurs: 8:00-14:45, Fri: 8:00-16:30, Sat-Sun: Closed
Closed for lunch: 12:00-13:00
In October 2011, the museum was closed for refurbishment and parts of the new exhibition
were opened to the public during the Vasaloppet winter week 2012.
Umeå
Svenska Skidmuseet – Västerbotten Museum
Gammlia,
903 04 Umeå
Tel: +46 90 16 39 00
Website: www.vbm.se
Email: info@vbm.se
Many exhibits, good library.
Tärnaby
Fjällvindens Alpinarium
Fack 169
S-920 64 Tärnaby
SWITZERLAND
Basel
Sports Museum of Switzerland
Reinacherstrasse 1-3
CH-4142 Münchenstein
Tel: +41 61 261 12 21
Fax: +41 61 261 12 47
Website: www.sportmuseum.ch
Email: info@sportmuseum.ch
Much ski material among other sports. Good library.
Bern
Swiss Alpine Museum
Helvetiaplatz 4,
3005 Bern
Tel: +41 031 350 04 40
Fax: +41 031 351 07 51
Website: www.alpinemuseum.ch
Email: info@alpinemuseum.ch
Good library.
Arosa
Schanfigger Heimatmuseum Eggahuus
7050 Arosa
Tel: +41 (0) 81 377 17 31
Website: www.arosa-museum.ch
Email: info@arosa-museum.ch
Ballenberg
More than one hundred century-old buildings from all over Switzerland, 250 farmyard animals, traditional, old-time gardens and fields, demonstrations of local crafts and many special events create a vivid impression of rural life in days gone by including “How wheelwrights became skis
used as means of travel, sledges on the other hand to transport cargo”.
www.ballenberg.ch
Celerina (near St. Moritz)
Bob-Museum
Old Schoolhouse
7505 Celerina
Tel: +41 81 830 00 11
Fax: +41 81 830 00 19
Website: http://www.engadin.stmoritz.ch/winter/en/museen/bob-museum/
Email: celerina@estm.ch
Museum celebrating the history of bobsleigh/bobsleds.
Davos
Wintersportmuseum Davos
Promenade 43
7270 Davos Platz
Tel: +41 (0)81 413 24 84
Website: www.wintersportmuseum.ch
Grindelwald
Grindelwald Museum
3818 Grindelwald
Tel: +41 (0) 33 853 43 02
Website: www.grindelwald-museum.ch
Email: grindelwald-museum@bluewin.ch
Lausanne
Musée Olympique
The Olympic Museum
Quai d’Ouchy 1
1001 Lausanne
Tel: +41 21 621 65 11
Fax: +41 21 621 65 12
Website: www.olympic.org/museum
Lauterbrunnen
Talmuseum Lauterbrunnen
Ey
3822 Lauterbrunnen
Tel: +41 (0) 33 855 35 86
Website: www.talmuseumlauterbrunnen.ch
Email: info@talmuseumlauterbrunnen.ch
Lucerne
Museum of Transport
More than 3000 objects displayed in an area exceeding 220,000 sq. ft. including cableways as
well as a replica of the first successful ski lift (at Davos-Bolgen) ; good library
www.verkehrshaus.ch/en/museum
Magglingen
Eidgenössische Sportschule
Federal Office of Sport
Swiss Federal Institute of Sports
2532 Magglingen
Tel: +41 (0) 32 327 62 26
Fax: +41 (0)32 327 63 56
Website: www.baspo.admin.ch/internet/baspo/de/home/ehsm.html
Email: ehsm@baspo.admin.ch
Münchenstein
Schweizer Sportmuseum
More a warehouse with over 150,000 sport objects—which they also lend to other museums.
Many skis, poles, boots, bobs, sledges, skibobs, etc. Library with 30,000 books, 600,000 photos, posters and postcards from three centuries.
www.swiss-sports-museum.ch
Mürren
Mini Museum in Mürren
Five museum stations in the village of Mürren.
CH-3825 Mürren
Contact: Gisela Vollmer
Tel: +41 31 326 44 05
Website: www.minimuseummurren.ch
Email: mail@raumplanerin.ch
Näefels
Museum des Landes Glarus.
Exhibition „The cradle of skiing in Switzerland“: In 1893, birth of the first Swiss ski factory, the first
ski club as well as 13 alpine ski-tours recorded), in 1903, the first international race of the country. Exhibitions and historical films as well as portraits of the two famous local skiers, Rösli Streiff and Vreni Schneider.
www.freulerpalast.ch
Obervaz (near Lenzerheide)
About two dozen alpine, jumping, cross-country skis from around 1882. As a particularity the ski equipment of Heini Hemmi, Olympic champion of the GS in Innsbruck (1976).
www.vazobervaz.ch/sportsmuseum
Pontresina
Museum Alpin Pontresina
Chesa Delnon House
Via Maistra 199
7504 Pontresina
Tel: +41 (0) 81 842 72 73
Website: http://www.pontresina.com/museumalpin
Email: museum@pontresina.ch
Saas-Fee
Alpine museum
Some winter sport material.
www.saas-fee.ch/de/page.cfm/saaser-museum
Schanfigg, (near Arosa)
Alpine museum
Some winter sport material.
www.arosa-museum.ch Alpine museum.
Schönenwerd
Bally Shoe Museum
Oltnerstrasse 6
5012 Schönenwerd
Tel: +41 62 849 99 45
Website: www.schoenenwerd.ch
Probably the most extensive collection of shoes in the world.
Zermatt
Matterhorn Museum in Zermatt
3920 Zermatt
Website: www.wallisermuseen.ch/de/museen/oberwallis/zermatt-matterhorn-museum/
Email: info@zermatt.ch
Private Collections
Bad Ragaz
Jurg Hess Collection
About 1200 pairs of skis including the oldest lappen ski from around the 1600th century, among many others, Zdarsky, Havem bindings.
Unterrainstrasse 12,
CH-7310 Bad Ragaz
Corseaux
Luzi Hitz
Except for his vast documentation on skis, Luzi Hitz has moved his collection to Les Bois (see below). It includes about 250 pairs of alpine skis, showing the evolution from 1900 to the present.
lhzlhz@bluewin.ch
Les Bois
Laurent Donzé
Likely the largest collection of cross-country skis in the world (about 2000, as well as over 400
pairs of alpine skis).
l.donze@bluewin.ch
Nussbaumen
Gerhard Pensch
About 300 pairs including Swedish and Finnish long ski, 2.75 m (both around 1890), original Trapper ski from Alaska with the Pentagon over the ski tip, 2.55 m long (CA, 1880), Jacober ski (of first Swiss ski factory) with Lappen binding, Zdarsky ski.
gpensch@sunrise.ch
Oberwald
Toni Hischier
Around 1000 pairs of cross-country, alpine as well as ski material.
Tel.: 027 923 62 38
Spiez
Aschi Gerber
Collection of about 400 alpine skis of Swiss manufacturers including 270 Stöckli made.
gerberaschi@bluewin.ch
Tramelan
Musée du Ski Geiser
Rudi Geiser
Geiser-Sports SA
Rue Virgile-Rossel 1
2720 Tramelan
Tel: +41 32 487 52 55
Website: www.geiser-sports.ch
UNITED KINGDOM
Although no ski museum exists, the Ski Club of Great Britain in Wimbledon holds artifacts and
an extensive library. There is a move to found a museum.
Telephone: 44 20 8410 2009, call during office hours M-F
Website: www.skiclub.co.uk
UNITED STATES
Kingfield, Maine
Ski Museum of Maine
256 Main St./P.O. Box 359
Kingfield, ME 04947
Tel: 207-265-2023
Website: www.skimuseumofmaine.org
Email: info@skimuseumofmaine.org
Winter Hours: Daily, 9am-5pm
Curator and Research Director: Scott Andrews
Franconia, New Hampshire
New England Ski Museum
135 Tramway Drive/P.O. Box 267
Exit 34B, I-93
Franconia, NH 03580
Tel: 603-823-7177
Fax: 603-823-9505
Executive Director: Jeff Leich
Website: www.skimuseum.org
Email: staff@skimuseum.org
Admission: Free
Hours: Daily from 10am-5pm, from Memorial Day until the end of ski season.
Many exhibits, good library. Newsletter 3 times a year.
Ishpeming, Michigan
National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame
610 Palms Avenue/P.O. Box 191
Ishpeming, MI
Tel: 906-485-6323
Fax: 906-486-4570
Website: www.skihall.com
Email: administrator@skihall.com
Admission: Free, donations accepted.
Hours: Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm
Many exhibits, good library. Skiing Heritage magazine 6 times a year.
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
Executive Director: Connie Nelson
Website: www.engenmuseum.org
Admission: Free
Hours: Daily 10am-6pm
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/
www.auburnskiclub.org
Executive Director: Bill Clark
Contact: bclark@inc.auburnskiclub.org
Hours: Fri, Sat, & Sun 10am-4pm, during the ski season only.
Collection of gold rush skis and Far Western skiing, library.
Operated by the Auburn Ski Club.
Stowe, Vermont
Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum
1 South Main St./P.O. Box 1511
The Perkins Building
Stowe, VT 05672
Tel: 802-253-9911
Fax: 802-253-2616
Director: Meredith Scott
Hours: Wed-Mon, noon-5pm
Displays of Vermont ski history.
Tahoe City, California
Museum of Sierra Ski History and 19560 Winter Olympics
Boatworks Mall
760 North Lake Boulevard
Tahoe City, CA 96145
Contact: Stan Batiste
702-497-4048
stanbatiste@gmail.com
tahoemuseum.org
Tannersville, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Ski Museum at Camelback Ski Area
Director: Ted Heck
Email: heckcerpts@att.net
Website: www.paskimuseum.org (Site currently down)
Vail, Colorado
Colorado Ski Museum and Hall of Fame
231 Frontage Rd. E/P.O. Box 1976
Vail, CO 81657
Executive Director: Susie Tjossem
Curator: Erica G. Lloyd
Tel: 970-476-1876
Fax: 970-476-1879
Website: www.skimuseum.net
Email: skimuseum@gmail.com
Admission: Free
Summer Hours: Jun 1-Oct: Daily 10am-6pm
Winter Hours: Dec-Apr: Daily 10am-6:30pm
Spring/Fall Hours: Apr 16-May 31, Oct-Nov 18: Daily 10am-5pm
Extensive collection of 10th Mountain Division artifacts.
Exhibits mostly Colorado, small library, good video collection.
Aspen, Colorado
Aspen Historical Society
620 West Bleeker St.
Aspen, CO 81611
Tel: 970-925-3721
Fax: 970-925-5347
Website: www.aspenhistory.com
Email: info@aspenhistory.org
Boulder, Colorado
Neptune Mountaineering and Ski Museum
Table Mesa Shopping Center
633 South Broadway, Unit A
Boulder, CO 80305
Tel: 888-499-8866
Fax: 303-499-2130
Website: www.neptunemountaineering.com/gear_museum.aspx
Email: info@neptunemountaineering.com
Private collection in a shop, cross-country displays.
Decorah, Iowa
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum
502 W. Water St./P.O. Box 379
Decorah, IA 52101
Tel: 563-382-9681
Fax: 563-382-8828
Website: www.vesterheim.org
Email: info@vesterheim.org
Small collection of early Midwestern skiing, immigrant emphasis.
Mammoth Lakes, California
Mammoth Ski Museum
Mammoth Lakes Foundation, Edison Hall
100 College Parkway
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
Tel: 760-934-3781
Fax: 760-934-6019
Website: www.mammothlakesfoundation.org/museum.html
Email: maya@mammothlakesfoundation.org
New England Lost Ski Areas Project (on the web)
Contact: Jeremy Davis
Website: www.nelsap.org
Lists with descriptions of over 500 defunct ski areas in New England.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah Ski Archives
Marriot Library Special Collection, University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Program Manager, Special Collections: Judy Jarrow
Tel: 801-581-3421
Website: www.skiarchives.org
Email: judy.jarrow@utah.edu
Library and official repository for 2002 Winter Olympics material.
Sandia Peak, New Mexico
New Mexico Ski Hall of Fame
Website: www.nmskihall.org
Opened in 2003, website last updated in 2007.
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Tread of Pioneers Museum
800 Oak St.
Steamboat Springs, CO 80487
Website: www.treadofpioneers.org
Stratton, Vermont
Stratton Archives Collection
Stratton Foundation
P.O. Box 523
Stratton Mountain, VT 05155
Tel: 802-297-2096
Website: www.strattonfoundation.org/strattonarchivescollection.php
Sun Valley/Ketchum, Idaho
Ketchum/Sun Valley Historical Heritage and Ski Museum
180 E. 1st St./P.O. Box 2746
Ketchum, ID 83340
Tel: 208-726-8118
Website: www.ksvs.com
Email: info@ksvs.org
This list of museums was originally compiled by John Allen, then revised and updated for 2012-13 by Jonathan Robinson; additions by Luzi Hitz 2015