Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum

The olympic center the olympic jumping complex the olympic sports complex whiteface mountain and mt. The museum is located within the olympic ice center where you can also. Originally constructed for the 1932 winter olympics and further built upon for the 1980 winter olympics the lake placid olympic sites have since evolved into 5 distinct locations.
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Sitting adjacent to the location of the miracle on ice is the lake placid olympic museum a multi exhibit monument to the olympic heart and soul of lake placid.

Lake placid winter olympic museum. Small exhibition space with interesting memorabilia my spouse and i visited the lake placid olympic museum lpom on a sunday afternoon in early july 2019. It is one of few olympic museums in the united states and is a part of the work of new york state olympic regional development authority in the lake placid olympic region. With multi media exhibits and memorabilia displays that transport visitors into the iconic past of the region a visit to the museum is an informative and transformative experience that is great for people of all ages and all levels of knowledge on the olympic legacy of lake placid. The lake placid olympic museum commemorates the 1932 winter olympics and 1980 winter olympics which were based in the olympic village of lake placid.

Explore the history and heritage of winter sports in lake placid the first winter resort in the united states through artifacts photographs and videos and visit the olympic center where athletes continue to train and compete daily. The mission of the lake placid olympic museum is to tell the world about the olympic movement and lake placids rich winter sports history in order to promote the values of olympism to the broadest possible audience. Museum admission was complimentary with our olympic passport otherwise it costs 8 per adult.