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.
Calgary, Alberta
Canada's Sports Hall of FameAddress: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 MusuemAddress: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 WestAddress: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 MuseumAddress: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 FameAddress: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 ArchivesAddress: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 CenterAddress: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 OntarioAddress: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 ArchivesAddress: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 RockiesAddress: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. |
Changchun, Jilin
Vasaloppet MuseumAddress: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. |
Nové Mesto, VysoĐina Region
Horacké MuzeumAddress: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 CastleAddress: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 HarrachovAddress: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. |
Tartu,
Estonian Sport and Olympic MuseumAddress:Tartu, 51005 Estonia Contact: Daimar Lell Email: info@spordimuuseum.ee Telephone: (372) 730 0750 Website: www.spordimuuseum.ee |
Otepää, Valga County
TalispordimuuseumAddress: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. |
Lahti, Päijänne Tavastia Region
Lahti Ski MuseumAddress: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 FinlandAddress: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. |
Paris, Paris
Club Alpin FrançaisAddress: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'AbondanceAddress: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 TétrasAddress: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'HiverAddress: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 AlpinAddress: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 SkiAddress: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 DauphinoisAddress: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. |
About the Author
E. John B. Allen is an emeritus professor of history at Plymouth State University and the historian for the New England Ski Museum, both located in New Hampshire, USA. Allen has had an interest in ski history since 1976. He’s an active member of the editorial review board for Skiing History, the bimonthly journal of the nonprofit International Skiing History Association (ISHA), helping to vet all articles for historical accuracy prior to publication. In writing his ten books on skiing, he has traveled to many of the museums listed in this guide. His leading books include From Skisport to Skiing: 100 Years of an American Sport (1993), The Culture and Sport of Skiing from Antiquity to World War II (2008), and FIS: 100 Years of International Skiing (2010), coauthored with Egon Theiner. He’s also the junior partner in a 2019 translation by William Frank of a Russian ski book by K.B.E.E. Eimelius, Skis in the Art of War. In 2020, his short book on 35 skiing artworks and artists will be published in Vienna.
Allen has edited two books of conference papers, International Ski History Congress Collected Papers (2002) and The Spirit of Skiing (2009). He has also published more than 60 articles and book chapters in regional, national and international journals, and written 13 encyclopedia entries. He has consulted on ten films, including Legends of American Skiing, which has appeared on the the U.S. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) from time to time since the early 1980s. He is a frequent lecturer in the United States and Europe and has been keynote speaker at academic conferences in Norway, France, Finland and in Austria, and a seminar leader in Switzerland in 2018. In 2009, he made an eight-lecture tour of Slovenia. He has received the Ullr award from the International Skiing History Association (ISHA) for three of his books and ISHA honored him with its prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.