Olympic Museum in Lausanne

The Olympic Museum in Lausanne is a stop on the “Grand Tour of Switzerland”

Tourist Highlight: Olympic Museum​

Experience the Olympics up close thanks to the latest computer technology and audiovisual media, feel what the athletes feel, and trace the history of the Games from antiquity to the modern era: You can do all this at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.
The idea of a museum dedicated to honoring the Olympic spirit can be traced back to Pierre de Coubertin, who revived the Olympic Games and founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Opened in 1993 in the Ouchy district of Lausanne, the Olympic Museum is therefore entirely dedicated to the sporting Games that unite nations. An extraordinary new building in a stunning location on Lake Geneva houses interactive exhibits, documents, films, and collections of valuable artifacts ranging from ancient Greece to the modern era. The museum is the world’s largest information center dedicated to the Olympic Games.

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