Lake Placid: Olympic Museum (July 2019)



My spouse and I visited the Lake Placid Olympic Museum (LPOM) on a Sunday afternoon in early July 2019. Museum admission was complimentary with our Olympic Passport (otherwise, it costs $8 per adult). The museum is located within the Olympic (ice) Center, where you can also visit the Hall of Fame, Jack Shea Arena (figure skating rink), and Herb Brooks Arena (the hockey rink where the US men’s ice hockey team’s Miracle on Ice happened in 1980). The speed-skating oval where Eric Hyden won his five gold medals in 1980 is visible outside (although in the summertime without the ice/snow, it looks like a running track oval). Restrooms, a souvenir shop, and a cafeteria are onsite in the Olympic Center itself. The Olympic Museum is small (it occupies just one room), but it is packed with interesting memorabilia and displays, including a team parade uniform from every Olympic games since 1924, figure skating costumes, medals, mascots, sliding sports equipment (bobsled, skeleton, luge), an area dedicated to the Miracle on Ice, and a few Olympic torches. (We were particularly delighted to see the torch that was created by Bethlehem Steel Company in Bethlehem, PA, our hometown.) One portion of a wall in the space is dedicated to a temporary exhibit, which focused on the history of Whiteface Mountain (including trailmaps) when we visited. We enjoyed our one-hour visit to the Olympic Museum, especially since it was included free with our Passport.














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