The Lake Placid Olympic Museum brought home the top prize in the educational programming category at last week’s annual International Sports Heritage Association (ISHA) Conference hosted by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. The Olympic Museum earned the ISHY award for its program titled Mythical Mascots: The Legendary Tales Behind… Read more »
The Lake Placid Olympic Museum announces its 2025 summer programs and events running June 17 through August 30. New this summer: Science Station: Learn about the modern Olympic Games through a rotating table of STEAM activities. Tactile Table: Learn what torches, uniforms, and equipment are made out of for a fresh understanding of the objects… Read more »
Lake Placid Olympic Museum Staff Attends International General Assembly in Colorado The Lake Placid Olympic Museum (LPOM) is a great example of how a museum can do more than display interesting antiquities and instead, use history to bring greater meaning to people’s lives. Far more than simply the world’s second largest collection of Winter Olympic… Read more »
The International Sports Heritage Association (ISHA) recently announced their annual ISHY awards at the 2024 ISHA Conference in Boston. The Lake Placid Olympic Museum won Category D: Education Programming for its Mock IOC Election. The awards were given to 10 categories within the communities of sports museums, halls of fame and organizations for the preservation… Read more »
“Fête” – with its hat-like accent over the “e” – is a French word that evokes joy and good cheer. That’s because a fête is a party, a celebration, or a festival. Used as both a noun and verb, the French regularly fête people, places, and events of all kinds. And now, this January into… Read more »
The 1932 and 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympic Games radiated brilliantly around the world as beacons of sporting excellence, and today the excitement of those colossal events still resonates. As the iconic centerpiece of the village of Lake Placid, the Olympic Center is a hub of year-round recreation, sport, tourism, and adventure for all. With… Read more »
‘Design & The Olympic Games’ to Support Educational Programs by Connecting the Olympics with Other Fields of Study The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (Olympic Authority) announces the launch of the Live Virtual Field Trip program at the Lake Placid Olympic Museum, commencing with the first course of study entitled “Design & the… Read more »
Olympic athletes, state government officials, members of the boards of directors of both the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) and the Lake Placid Olympic Museum, staff, construction partners, and friends of the Museum gathered Wednesday night at the Olympic Center lobby in Lake Placid to celebrate the completion of the Olympic Center and opening of… Read more »
ORDA to host a celebration of movement and its Olympic legacy on June 23 The New York Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) will host a series of activities on Thursday, June 23, commemorating the birth of the modern Olympic Games and the establishment of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The day celebrates being active and… Read more »
The Lake Placid Olympic Museum (LPOM) announces that they have been awarded a $5,000 grant from a partnership of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the Museum Association of New York (MANY). As the world’s second largest collection of Winter Olympic artifacts and the chronicler of the New York Olympic Region’s… Read more »