Ski Museum Directory
HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE
The Ski Museums of the World guidebook is organized alphabetically first by country, and then by city/town. (For example, within the United States, you will find the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame listed under Ishpeming, rather than Michigan.) Within each nation’s listing, the dedicated ski museums appear in the first section, followed by other museums, collections and
libraries that contain ski-history material. Museums or collections that are in storage, or have recently closed, are listed at the end of the guide.
Click here to read an overview of this guide by author and ski historian E. John B. Allen
Publication of this guidebook was partially
supported by a generous grant from the
Marc Hodler Foundation in Switzerland.
Slovenia
Slovenian Sports Museum
Address:Contact: Tomaž Pavlin
Email: info@muzejsporta.si
Telephone: (386) 1431 8340
Website: https://museu.ms/museum/details/35/muzej-sporta
Most of the ski material has been moved to the complex at Planica. Good library, especially on Olympics.
Španc Ski Collection
Address:Contact: Boris Zupan
Email: evazupan2@gmail.com
Telephone: ()
Website:
United States
10th Mountain Division Resource Center Denver Public Library
Address:Contact: Keli Schmid
Email: kschmid@denverplibrary.org
Telephone: () 720 865 1812
Website: www.denverlibrary.org
Archives of letters, diaries, photos, films with emphasis on World War II.
Alf Engen Ski Musuem Olympic Complex
Address:Contact: Connie Nelson
Email: via website
Telephone: () 435 658 4240
Website: www.engenmuseum.org
Emphasis on Alf Engen and Utah skiing, plus the Eccles 2002 Olympic Winter Games Museum.
Aspen Historical Society
Address:Contact: Lisa Hancock
Email: info@aspenhistory.com
Telephone: () 970 925 3721
Website: www.aspenhistory.com
Documents relating to Aspen's skiing history.
Beekley International Collection of Art and Library
Address:Contact: Natale Messina
Email: nmessina@legacyfws.com
Telephone: () 860 240 6027
Website:
In storage in Westminster, Colorado while searching for a new venue. Open to research by appointment only.
California Ski Library
Address:Contact: Ingrid P. Wicken
Email: ingrid@skilibrary.com
Telephone: () 951 207 9218
Website: www.skilibrary.com
One of the finest ski libraries in the USA. Documentation on western US skiing.
Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame
Address:Contact: Jen Mason
Email: skimuseum@gmail.com
Telephone: () 970 476 1876
Website: www.snowsportsmuseum.org
Extensive 10th Mountain collection.
Glory Days Ski Museum
Address:Contact: Kirk Luba
Email: glorydaysskimuseum@gmail.com
Telephone: () 208 629 8329
Website:
Private collection of 1960s-1980s skis.
Lake Placid Winter Olympic Musuem
Address:Contact: Alison Haas
Email: via website
Telephone: () 518 302 5326
Website: www.lpom.org
Much on skiing but also on the other winter sports. Exhibitions highlight the Games of 1932 and 1980.
Mount Hood Cultural Center and Museum
Address:Contact: Lloyd Musser or Cheryl Maki
Email: info@mthoodmuseum.org
Telephone: () 503 272 3301
Website: www.mthoodmuseum.org
Local museum with ski documents and artifacts from local clubs on second floor.
Museum of Sierra Ski History
Address:Contact:
Email:
Telephone: () 530 583 1762
Website: www.tahoecity.org
Currently artifacts are displayed at the Gatekeepers Cabin Museum, 130 W. Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, CA 96145
Neptune Mountaineering and Ski Museum
Address:Contact:
Email:
Telephone: ()
Website:
In storage until further notice.
New England Lost Ski Areas Project (NELSAP)
Address:United States
Contact: Jeremy David
Email: nelsap@yahoo.com
Telephone: () 518 321 3155
Website: www.nelsap.org
Detailed online compendium of closed ski areas of New England with brochures, photos, tales.
New England Ski Museum
Address:Contact: Jeffrey R. Leich
Email: staff@skimuseum.org
Telephone: () 603 823 7177
Website: www.skimuseum.org
Exhibits highlight New England skiing. One of the finest libraries in the USA with manuscript archives and films. Journal is published four times a year.
New England Ski Musuem Eastern Slope Branch
Address:Contact:
Email: staff@skimuseum.org
Telephone: () 603 730 5044
Website: www.skimuseum.org
Irwin Exhibit Hall displays Eastern skiing with special reference to Gibson and Schneider. Library.
New Mexico Ski Hall of Fame and Ski Museum
Address:Contact: Jay Blackwood
Email: jblackw796@aol.com
Telephone: () 505 857 8916
Website: www.nmskihall.org
Small museum, local emphasis.
Olympic Museum
Address:Contact:
Email:
Telephone: ()
Website:
See note under Soda Springs; Western SkiSport Museum.
Olympic Museum and Sierra Ski History Museum
Address:Contact:
Email:
Telephone: ()
Website:
See note under Soda Springs; Western Ski Sport Museum.
Park City Historical Society and Museum
Address:Contact: Sandra Morrison
Email: via website
Telephone: () 435 649 7457
Website: http://parkcityhistory.org
Much on mining and ski history.
Pennsylvania Ski and Snow Sports Museum
Address:Contact: Paul Prutzman
Email: pasmoffice@gmail.com
Telephone: () 610 334 4378
Website: www.pasnowsportsmuseum.com
Exhibit at base lodge of Camelback Ski Area, Tannersville, PA 18372. Contact Paul Prutzman, Googleworks Suite 506A, 201 Washington St., Reading, PA 19601
Sir Arnold Lunn Papers
Address:Contact:
Email: www.library.georgetown.edu/special-collections/contact
Telephone: () 202 6878 0100
Website: www.library.georgetown.edu
21 linear feet of Arnold Lunn's correspondence, mss., notebooks, ephemera from 1896-1978.
Ski Museum of Maine
Address:Contact: Theresa Shanahan
Email: info@skimusuemofmaine.org
Telephone: () 207 265 2023
Website: www.skimuseumofmaine.org
Emphasis on Maine skiing, with special reference to Sugarloaf and manufacturers.
Stratton Mountain Foundation
Address:Contact:
Email: info@strattonfoundation.org
Telephone: () 802 277 2096
Website:
Stratton Mountain archives of local area and papers of personalities.
Sun Valley Musuem of History
Address:Contact: Mary Tyson
Email: mtyson@comlib.org
Telephone: () 208 726 8118
Website: www.ksvhs.com
Local material including much on skiing.
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About the Author
E. John B. Allen is an emeritus professor of history at Plymouth State University and the historian for the New England Ski Museum, both located in New Hampshire, USA. Allen has had an interest in ski history since 1976. He’s an active member of the editorial review board for Skiing History, the bimonthly journal of the nonprofit International Skiing History Association (ISHA), helping to vet all articles for historical accuracy prior to publication. In writing his ten books on skiing, he has traveled to many of the museums listed in this guide. His leading books include From Skisport to Skiing: 100 Years of an American Sport (1993), The Culture and Sport of Skiing from Antiquity to World War II (2008), and FIS: 100 Years of International Skiing (2010), coauthored with Egon Theiner. He’s also the junior partner in a 2019 translation by William Frank of a Russian ski book by K.B.E.E. Eimelius, Skis in the Art of War. In 2020, his short book on 35 skiing artworks and artists will be published in Vienna.
Allen has edited two books of conference papers, International Ski History Congress Collected Papers (2002) and The Spirit of Skiing (2009). He has also published more than 60 articles and book chapters in regional, national and international journals, and written 13 encyclopedia entries. He has consulted on ten films, including Legends of American Skiing, which has appeared on the the U.S. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) from time to time since the early 1980s. He is a frequent lecturer in the United States and Europe and has been keynote speaker at academic conferences in Norway, France, Finland and in Austria, and a seminar leader in Switzerland in 2018. In 2009, he made an eight-lecture tour of Slovenia. He has received the Ullr award from the International Skiing History Association (ISHA) for three of his books and ISHA honored him with its prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.