Ski Museum Directory

HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE

The Ski Museums of the World guidebook is organized alphabetically first by country, and then by city/town. (For example, within the United States, you will find the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame listed under Ishpeming, rather than Michigan.) Within each nation’s listing, the dedicated ski museums appear in the first section, followed by other museums, collections and libraries that contain ski-history material. Museums or collections that are in storage, or have recently closed, are listed at the end of the guide.

Click here to read an overview of this guide by author and ski historian E. John B. Allen

Publication of this guidebook was partially supported by a generous grant from the Marc Hodler Foundation in Switzerland.

Canada
Calgary, Alberta

Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

Address:
Calgary, Alberta AB T3B 6B7
Canada
Contact: Janice Smith
Email: jsmith@cshof.ca
Telephone: (403) 776 1061
Website: www.sporthall.ca
Mont Tremblant, Quebec

Canadian Ski Hall of Fame and Musuem

Address:
Mont Tremblant, Quebec Canada
Contact:
Email:
Telephone: ()
Website:

Canadian Ski Hall of Fame and Museum is planned for Mont Trembling, Quebec. The executive director, Joanne Heard, can be reached at 514-715-0245 or at joanne@hewardgroup.com. The archives are currently in storage, with no opening date set, but the digitized portion of the collection and Hall of Famer bios are available online: http://skimuseum.ca/

Banff, Alberta

Canadian Ski Museum West

Address:
Banff, Alberta AB T1L 1C1
Canada
Contact:
Email:
Telephone: (403) 762 8484
Website: www.banffnationalpark.com/banff-activities/banff-musueums/canadian-ski-museum-west

Variety of a few artifacts hung in shopping mall.

St. Sauveur, Quebec

Laurentian Ski Museum

Address:
St. Sauveur, Quebec JOR 1RO
Canada
Contact: Nancy Belhumeur
Email: nancy@museeduski.com
Telephone: (450) 227 2564 x222
Website: www.museeduskideslaurentides.com/index.php?q=node/221

Ca. 700 past and present ski areas, includes 444 alpine areas with lifts and 98 jumps, and ca. 12,500 documents. This is a virtual museum associated with the Musée du Ski des Laurentides. Early skiing in the Laurentians, Cochand, ski trains and village ski growth.

Thunder Bay, Ontario

Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame

Address:
Thunder Bay, Ontario ON P7E 1B5
Canada
Contact: Kate Dwyer
Email: nwosport@tbaytel.net
Telephone: (807) 622 2852
Website: www.nwosportshalloffame.com
Revelstoke, British Columbia

Revelstoke Ski Museum and Archives

Address:
Revelstoke, British Columbia BC VOE 250
Canada
Contact: Cathy English
Email: curator@revelstokemuseum.ca
Telephone: (250) 837 3067
Website: www.revelstokemuseum.ca

Western Canadian Rocky Mountain skiing.

Rossland, British Columbia

Rossland Museum and Discovery Center

Address:
Rossland, British Columbia BC V0G 1Y0
Canada
Contact: Joelle Hodgins
Email: info@rosslandmuseum.ca
Telephone: (250) 362 7722
Website: www.rosslandmuseum.ca

Small display, emphasis on early skiing from 1896 with Jeldness.

London, Ontario

The International Centre for Olympic Studies at University of Western Ontario

Address:
London, Ontario ON N6A 5B9
Canada
Contact: Michael Heine
Email: via website
Telephone: (519) 661 4113
Website: www.uwo.ca/olympic/about/contact_icos.html

Olympic research center contains Brundage papers. Publishes annual Olympika and edited papers of biennial symposia on Olympic research.

Whistler, British Columbia

Whistler Museum and Archives

Address:
Whistler, British Columbia BC V0N 1B4
Canada
Contact: Bradley Nichols
Email: info@whistlermuseum.org
Telephone: (604) 932 2019
Website: www.whistlermuseum.org

Local skiing with emphasis on Olympics 2010.

Banff, Alberta

Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Address:
Banff, Alberta AB T1I 1A3
Canada
Contact: Elizabeth Kundert-Cameron
Email: info@whyte.org
Telephone: (403) 762 2291 x332
Website: www.whyte.org

Library and photographic records.

China
Changchun, Jilin

Vasaloppet Museum

Address:
Changchun, Jilin China
Contact:
Email:
Telephone: (86) 431 8964 5455
Website: www.vasaloppetchina.com

The museum is only open on request and it is difficult to make a connection. The website and phone number are those for the Chinese Vasaloppet race organization. There are no specific contact people, website or telephone for the museum.

Czech Republic
Nové Mesto, VysoĐina Region

Horacké Muzeum

Address:
Nové Mesto, VysoĐina Region 592 31
Czech Republic
Contact:
Email: horacke.muzeum@nmnm.cz
Telephone: (420) 566 216
Website: www.hm.nmnm.cz

Late 19th century skiing in area.

Jilemnice, Liberac Region

Krkonosšké Muzeum in Jilemnice Castle

Address:
Jilemnice, Liberac Region 514 01
Czech Republic
Contact: Jan Luštinc
Email: kmjilemnice@kmap.cz
Telephone: (420) 481 543 041
Website: www.kmjilemnice.cz

Graf Harrach and early skiing in area.

Harachov, Liberac Region

Ski Museum Harrachov

Address:
Harachov, Liberac Region 512 46
Czech Republic
Contact:
Email: turistik@sklarnaharrachov.cz
Telephone: (420) 603 470 113
Website: www.giant-mountains.info/tourism/ski-museum-harrachov.harachov.html

Local development of skiing and especially jumping.

Estonia
Tartu,

Estonian Sport and Olympic Museum

Address:
Tartu, 51005
Estonia
Contact: Daimar Lell
Email: info@spordimuuseum.ee
Telephone: (372) 730 0750
Website: www.spordimuuseum.ee
Otepää, Valga County

Talispordimuuseum

Address:
Otepää, Valga County Estonia
Contact: Jana Mae
Email: info@spordimuuseum.ee
Telephone: (372) 766 3670
Website: www.spordimuuseum.ee/info/otepaa-talispordimuuseum.ee

General collection with emphasis on cross-country skiing. Branch of the Estonian Olympic museum.

Finland
Lahti, Päijänne Tavastia Region

Lahti Ski Museum

Address:
Lahti, Päijänne Tavastia Region FI 15110
Finland
Contact: Suvi Kuisma
Email: hiihtomuseo@lahti.fi
Telephone: (358) 50 398 5523
Website: www.ladenmuseo.fi

Impressive displays, good library.

Helsinki,

Sports Museum of Finland

Address:
Helsinki, FI-00250
Finland
Contact: Pekka Honkanen
Email: urheilumeseo@urheilumuseo.fi
Telephone: (358) 9 434 2250
Website: www.urheilumuseo.fi

Displays, library especially strong in Finnish newspapers and periodicals.

France
Paris, Paris

Club Alpin Français

Address:
Paris, Paris 75019
France
Contact:
Email: via website
Telephone: (33) 1537 28700
Website: www.ffcam.fr

Many documents of the CAF. Other CAF sections hold regional library materials too.

La Chapelle d'Abondance, Haute Savoie

La Musée du Ski Ancien de la Chapelle D'Abondance

Address:
La Chapelle d'Abondance, Haute Savoie 74360
France
Contact: Jean Luc Danel
Email:
Telephone: (33) 04 5073 3249
Website: www.haute-savoie-tourism.org/culture/org/culture/musees/107328-musee-du-ski-ancian

Skis, bindings from c. 1900 on.

Les Rousses, Jura

Le Grand Tétras

Address:
Les Rousses, Jura 39220
France
Contact: Roger & Stephanie Tangueley
Email: grandtetras39@aol.com
Telephone: (33) 3846 05113
Website: www.legrandtetras.troumad.org/le_musee.html

Large and excellent private collection, especially material from the Jura.

Albertville, Savoie

Maison des Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver

Address:
Albertville, Savoie 73200
France
Contact: Claire Grangé
Email: contact@maisonjeuxolympiques-albertville.org
Telephone: (33) 44793 77571
Website: www.maisonjeuxolympiques-albertville.org

Winter Olympic material from 1992.

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Haute Savoie

Musée Alpin

Address:
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Haute Savoie 74400
France
Contact:
Email: via website
Telephone: (33) 450 539 998
Website: www.chamonix.com/musee-alpin,49-187321,fr.html

Local museum, much mountaineering material. Includes winter sports. Library.

Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, Puy-de-Dôme

Musée Du Ski

Address:
Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, Puy-de-Dôme 63610
France
Contact: Pierre-André Chauvet
Email:
Telephone: (33) 4 7379 5730
Website:

Large and excellent private collection, small library.

Grenoble, Isère

Musée du Ski at Musée Dauphinois

Address:
Grenoble, Isère 38100
France
Contact: Olivier Cogne
Email: musee.dauphinois@cg38.fr
Telephone: (33) 45758 8901
Website: www.musee.dauphinois.fr

Excellent collection, much from Rossignol, good library.