Museum of the History of the Polar Olympics - territorial department of the Murmansk Regional Museum
ooh Academician Knipovicha, 23A, Murmansk
About the company:
Telephone: (815) 247-6949
Address: 183049, Murmansk region, Murmansk, street. Knipovich, 23 and
Passage: Troll. No. 3, 6 to the east. "Department store "Children's world"; author. No. 10, 27 - to the east. Knipovich Street.
* Daily from 10.00 to 18.00, except Thursday and Friday
Entrance fee:* Entrance free
Internet:
www.museum.ru/M2215 - official page
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| Commemorative dates and annual events: Opening date is 01.01. 1986
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The Museum of the History of the Polar Olympics was opened in 1986 on the basis of an exhibition dedicated to the 50th Festival of the North. The initiator of the museum is the Committee for Physical Culture and Sports of the Murmansk Regional Executive Committee (Chairman Sherstyuk Vitaly Pavlovich). This is the only sports museum in the Murmansk region. Its exposition tells about the first Festival of the North (1934), about the development of the sports movement in the region in subsequent years, about international competitions (since 1970) in the framework of the Polar Olympics. The museum is a center for the promotion of physical culture and sports in the Arctic. Annually, meetings of sports veterans with young people, with media representatives are organized, awards are held for the winners of sports competitions of the city, photojournalists and sports commentators. The museum presents collections of sports skiing (s.XIX-{{ cc.), badges and medals dedicated to the Holidays of the North; personal belongings of competition winners. |
| Main excursions: History of the Festival of the North |
There are:
hotels and group meals
Local attractions:
Sports complex in the Valley of Uyuta (Murmansk)
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Main officers: *
Head: Markelova Nina Konstantinovna, tel. (815) 247-6949
Headquarters:
(815) 242-2697, Fax: (815) 242-2697
Address:
183012, Murmansk, Lenin Avenue, 90
Opening and foundation dates:
open: 01.01. 1986
Budgetary status:
Russian subject
Organizational and legal form:
non-profit
Type of organization:
cultural and research
Classification of the organization:
Local Lore, Sciences, Techniques and Industries N.H.
Areas of organization:
exhibition and exhibition 70m2
Number of staff:
2, of which 1 scientific
The average number of visitors per year:
3800
Superior organization:
Murmansk Regional Museum - M914
Partner organizations:
Committee on Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Murmansk Region Administration - R959
Sponsors, philanthropists and grantors:
Committee on Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Murmansk Region Administration
Storage units:
403, of which 302 items of fixed assets
| The most valuable (unique) collections: Materials of participants of the first Holidays of the North (1930s), participants and prize-winners of the World Championships and Olympic Games (1980-1990s) Collections of sports skiing (K. XIX-XX centuries) most interesting items of funds |
Visiting and exchange exhibitions:
Photo exhibition "History of the Polar Olympics"
Ten stands contain materials (photos, documents, numismatics) on the development of the sports movement in the Arctic since the 1930s and the history of the Festivals of the North.
Information taken from www.museum.ru