German Sports and Olympic Museum
Introduction The Sport & Olympia Museum, which opened to the public in 1999, is a relatively new specialized museum in Cologne dedicated to sports. With 2,000 square meters of exhibition and event space across two floors, it vividly presents the history and evolution of sports. Both permanent and rotating exhibitions showcase various aspects of domestic, international, and Olympic sports.
The collection focuses on 2,500 years of sports history, including clothing, sports and competition equipment, medals, certificates, sports awards, prints, photographs, videos, and many other items.
The most eye-catching displays include bicycle races in a wind tunnel, a boxing ring made of sandbags, and a football match held on Cologne’s highest sports field. The Sports Studio highlights the dawn of the media age and the boom in sports enthusiasm. Transport Address: Rheinauhafen 1. Tickets/Opening Hours Price: €4. Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday 10:00–18:00, Saturday and Sunday 11:00–19:00
Cologne, Germany
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