Ski Museums around the world

This list of museums was originally compiled by John Allen, then revised and updated for 2012 – 2013 by Jonathan Robinson; additions by Luzi Hitz 2015. Last updated in March 2021 by John B. Allen.

This ever growing list is done with the help of the ski community worldwide. If you would have any additions please get in touch.

AUSTRALIA

National Alpine Museum of Australia, Inc.

Victoria

Thredbo Ski Museum

Thredbo

Perisher Historical Society

Perisher

AUSTRIA

F.I.S. Skimuseum Damüls

Damüls

Wintersportmuseum

Steiermark

Alpineum Hinterstoder

Upper Austria

Wintersportmuseum im Walserhaus

Hirschegg, Vorarlberg

Schimuseum Hotel Grafenast

Hochpillberg, Tirol

Bezirks-Heimatmuseum mit Zdarsky-Skimuseum und Archiv

Lilienfeld

Winter!Sport!Museum!

Mürzzuschlag, Steiermark/Styria

Olympic and Nostalgia Exhibition (1964, 1976 Winter Olympic Games) in the Rosshütte Panoramic Restaurant above Seefeld

Seefeld, Tirol

The Museum of St. Anton in the Kandahar Haus

St. Anton am Arlberg, Tirol

Salzburger FIS Landes-Skimuseum

Werfenweng, Salzburg

Heimatmuseum Gröbming

Gröbming, Steiermark/Styria

Bergbau- und Heimatmuseum

Jochberg, Tirol

Museum Kitzbühel

Kitzbühel, Tirol

Walsermuseum Lech-Tannberg

Lech, Vorarlberg

Mariazell Heimatmuseum

Mariazell, Steiermark/Styria

Skimuseum und Heimathaus Saalbach-Hinterglemm

Saalbach, Salzburg

Österreichisches Olympiamuseum: this is the virtual museum of the Austrian Olympic Committee

Wien/Vienna

Erzbergbahn- und Wintersportmuseum

Vordernberg, Steiermark/Styria

Bergbau -und Heimatmuseum

Jochberg

Österreichischer Alpenverein/Austrian Alpine Association

Innsbruck, Tirol

Montafon Folk Museum and Montafon Archive

Schruns, Vorarlberg

CANADA

Canadian Ski Museum West

Banff, Alberta

Revelstoke Ski Museum (part of Revelstoke Museum and Archives)

Revelstoke, British Columbia

Musée du Ski des Laurentides/Laurentian Ski Museum

St-Sauveur, Québec

Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame

Calgary, Alberta

OTHER MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES

Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Banff, Alberta

International Centre for Olympic Studies at The University of Western Ontario

London, Ontario

Rossland Museum and Discovery Center

Rossland, British Columbia

Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame

Thunder Bay, Ontario

Whistler Museum and Archives

Whistler, British Columbia

CHINA

China Sports Museum – Vasaloppet Museum

Changchun Vasaloppet Museum

CZECH REPUBLIC

Krkonosske Muzeum at Jilemnice Castle

Jilemnice

Ski Museum Harrachov

Harachov, Liberec Region

Horacké Muzeum

Nové Mesto na Morave, Vysočina Region

ESTONIA

Talispordimuuseum

Otepää, Valga County

Eesti Spordi-ja Olümpiamuuseum/Estonian Sport and Olympic Museum

Tartu

FINLAND

Lahti Hiihtomuseo/Lahti Ski Museum

Lahti, Päijänne Tavastia Region

Sports Museum of Finland

Helsinki

FRANCE

Musée du Ski

Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise

Musée du Ski (part of the Musée Dauphinois)

Grenoble, Isère

Le Grand Tétras

Les Rousses, Jura

La Musée Du Ski Ancien De La Chapelle D'Abondance

La Chapelle d'Abondance, Haute Savoie

OTHER MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES

Maison des Jeux Olympiques d’Hiver

Albertville

Musée Alpin

Chamonix, Haute Savoie

Musée National du Sport (moved from Paris in 2014)

Nice, Alpes-Maritimes

Club Alpin Francais

Paris

GERMANY

Heimat- und Skimuseum

Braunlage, Niedersachsen/Lower Saxony

Schwarzwald Skimuseum

Hinterzarten, Baden-Württemberg [Schwarzwald/Black Forest]

Alpinmuseum

Kempten, Bayern/Bavaria [Allgäu]

Ski-Köpfer-Museum—a digitalized museum with texts

Bernau im Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg [Schwarzwald/Black Forest]

Deutsches Skimuseum

Planegg, Bayern/Bavaria

Skimuseum Fischinger Heimathaus

Fischen, Bayern/Bavaria [Allgäu]

Skimuseum Nesselwang

Nesselwang, Bayern/Bavaria [Allgäu]

Oberwiesenthal Ski Museum

Oberwiesenthal, Sachsen/Saxony [Erzgebirge]

Thüringer Wintersport-Ausstellung

Oberhof, Thüringia

Skimuseum Alfons Dorner

Reit im Winkl, Bayern/Bavaria

OTHER MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES

Niedersächsisches Institut für Sportgeschichte (Lower Saxony Institute for Sport History)

Hannover, Niedersachsen/Lower Saxony

Deutsche Sporthochschule/German Sports University

Köln/Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen/North Rhine Westphalia

Deutsches Sport & Olympia Museum

Köln/Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen/North Rhine Westphalia

Leipzig Sportmuseum

Leipzig, Sachsen/Saxony

Museum im Kloesterle

Peiting, Bayern/Bavaria

Wintersport Museum Neuastenberg (sometimes called the Westdeutsches Wintersport Museum)

Winterberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen/North Rhine Westphalia

ITALY

Museo Dello Scarpone

Montebelluna, Treviso

Museo Nazionale della Montagna

Torino/Turin, Piemontese/Piedmont

OTHER MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES

Museo della Guerra Bianca/Museum of the White War

Temù, Brescia

Club Alpino Italiano, Sezione di Torino/Italian Alpine Club, Turin Section

Torino/Turin, Piemontese/Piedmont

JAPAN

Nozawaonsen-mura/Ski Museum (also called Japanese Ski Museum)

Nagano, Nagano Prefecture

Sapporo Olympic Museum

Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture

LIECHTENSTEIN

Geissmann Collection

Eschen

NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand Alpine & Agriculture Encounter

Methven/Mt. Hutt, South Island

NORWAY

Ski Museum in Bergverksmuseet/Ski Museum in the Mining Museum

Kongsberg, Buskerud

Norges Olympiske Museet/Norwegian Olympic Museum

Lillehammer, Oppland

Norsk skieventyr/ /Norwegian Ski Adventure

Morgedal, Telemark

Holmenkollen Skimuseet/Holmenkollen Ski Museum

Oslo

Skimuseet Sverresborg (part of the Sverresborg Trøndelag Folkmuseet)

Trondheim, Trøndelag

Trysil-Knut Ski Museum

Trysil, Hedmark

Polarmuseet, Polar museum

Tromsø, Troms

Tromsø Universitetsmuseet/Tromsø University Museum

Tromsø, Troms

OTHER MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES

World Heritage Rock Art Centre—Alta Museum

Alta, Finnmark

Norsk Skogbruksmuseet/Norwegian Forestry Museum

Elverum, Hedmark

Norskfolkemuseum/Norwegian Folk Museum

Oslo

POLAND

Muzeum Narciarstwa w Cieklin: Stanisław Barabasz Ski Museum in Cieklin

Cieklin, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Muzeum Sportu i Turystyki/Museum of Sport and Tourism

Warsaw

Muzeum Tatrazańskie/ Museum of the Tatra Mountains

Zakopane, Maloposkie/Province of Lesser Poland

RUSSIA

State Historical Museum

Moscow

Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography

St. Petersburg

SLOVENIA

Trzic Museum, Slovenian Ski Museum

Trzic

ELAN Alpine Ski Museum

Begunje, Gorenjska/Upper Carniola

Planiški muzej/Planica Museum in the Nordic Center Planica

Planica, Gorenjska/Upper Carniola

Pohorje

OTHER MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES

Begunje, Gorenjska/Upper Carniola

Muzej Športa/[Slovenian] Sports Museum

Ljubljana

Vojaški muzej slovenske vojske/Military Museum of the Slovenian Armed Forces

Maribor, Podravska/Drava

Slovenski planinski muzej/Slovenian Alpine Museum

Mojstrana, Gorenjska/Upper Carniola

SPAIN

Musèu dera Nhèu/The Snow Museum

Unha, Lleida

SWEDEN

Skimuseum Åsarna

Åsarna, Jamtland

Vasaloppsmuseet/The Vasalopp Museum

Mora, Dalarna

Ski Museum (part of Västerbotten museum complex)

Umeå, Västerbotten

SWITZERLAND

Swiss Ski Museum, a virtual museum

Orsières, Canton Valais/Wallis

Wintersport-Museum/Winter Sport Museum

Davos, Canton Graubünden/Grisons

Musée Olympique/Olympic Museum

Lausanne, Canton Vaud/Waadt

Toni Hischier’s Ski Museum

Oberwald, Canton Valais/Wallis

Swiss Ski Lifts, a virtual museum

Braunwald, Canton Glarus

OTHER MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES

Heimatmuseum Grindelwald

Grindelwald, Canton Bern/Berne

Jürg Hess Collection

Bad Ragaz, Canton St. Gall/St. Gallen

Talmuseum Lauterbrunnen

Lauterbrunnen, Canton Bern/Berne

Eidgenössische Hochschule für Sport/Swiss Sports University

Magglingen/Macolin, Canton Bern/Berne

Laurent Donzé Collection

Les Bois, Canton Jura

Heimatmuseum und Kulturarchiv Arosa—Schanfigg

Arosa, Canton Graubünden/Grisons

Museum des Landes Glarus

Näfels, Canton Glarus/Glaris

Museum Alpin Pontresina

Pontresina, Canton Graubünden/Grisons

Saaser Museum

Saas-Fee, Canton Valais/Wallis

Alpines Museum der Schweiz/Swiss Alpine Museum

Bern/Berne

Bally Schuhmuseum/Bally Shoe Museum

Schönenwerd, Canton Solothurn

Matterhorn Museum in Zermatt

Zermatt, Canton Valais/Wallis

Musée du Ski Geiser

Tramelin, Canton Bern/Berne

Verkehrshaus der Schweiz/Swiss Transport Museum

Luzern/Lucerne, Canton Luzern/Lucerne

Obervaz Museum

Obervaz, Canton Graubünden/Grisons

USA

Ski Museum of Maine

Kingfield, Maine

New England Ski Museum

Franconia, New Hampshire

U.S Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame

Ishpeming, Michigan

Alf Engen Ski Museum

Park City, Utah

Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum

Stowe, Vermont

Museum of Sierra Ski History

Tahoe City, California

Pennsylvania Ski and Snow Sports Museum

Tannersville, Pennsylvania

Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame

Vail, Colorado

Glory Days Ski Museum

Boise, Idaho

New England Ski Museum: Eastern Slopes Branch

North Conway, New Hampshire

The American Ski Jumping Hall of Fame and Museum

Red Wing, Minnesota

Utah Ski and Snowboard Archives

Salt Lake City, Utah

New Mexico Ski Hall of Fame and Ski Museum

Sandia Peak, New Mexico

Washington State Ski and Snowboard Museum

Snoqualmie Pass, Washington

Western SkiSport Museum

Soda Springs, California

OTHER MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES

Aspen Historical Society

Aspen, Colorado

10th Mountain Division Resource Center in the Denver Public Library

Denver, Colorado

Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum

Decorah, Iowa

New England Lost Ski Areas Project (NELSAP)

New England (Web Museum)

Mount Hood Cultural Center and Museum

Government Camp, Oregon

Stratton Mountain Foundation

Stratton Mountain, Vermont

Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum

Lake Placid, New York

California Ski Library

Norco, California

Park City Historical Society and Museum

Park City, Utah

Sir Arnold Lunn Papers, Lauinger Library, Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Tread of Pioneers Museum

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Sun Valley Museum of History

Sun Valley/Ketchum, Idaho

SWISS SKI MUSEUM

Ski Museums around the world

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRIA

CANADA

CHINA

CZECH REPUBLIC

ESTONIA

FINLAND

FRANCE

GERMANY

ITALY

JAPAN

LIECHTENSTEIN

NEW ZEALAND

NORWAY

POLAND

RUSSIA

SLOVENIA

SPAIN

SWEDEN

SWITZERLAND

USA