MUSEUMS


OLYMPIC MOVEMENT


Twenty years after opening, The Olympic


Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland has undergone an extensive refurbishment. Director Francis


Gabet explains how it reflects the excitement and diversity of the modern Games


Julie Cramer, journalist, Attractions Management 40 Read Attractions Management online attractionsmanagement.com/digital


Why did you decide on the refurbishment? The museum first opened on 23rd June 1993 – the 23rd June being the anniversary of the famous speech by Pierre De Coubertin [the founder of the modern Olympic movement and the International Olympic Committee] at the Sorbonne in Paris, setting out his vision for the Olympics’ future. We began looking at changing things


at the museum six years ago. We were having problems with the old scenog- raphy which wasn’t upgradeable and generally becoming more and more difficult to maintain. It was 20-years-old, but may as well have been from another century considering how much museum technology has moved on since then. We clearly needed hardware and


software products that could link into web-based technologies and be much more sustainable into the future. We also needed more flexibility to follow the


“olympic movement”, creating new stories at least every two years.


How have you changed the interior? We’ve increased our permanent exhibition space from 2,000 to 3,000sq m (21,500 to 32,290sq ft), which is quite significant. We’ve also covered our second floor open air terrace of 1,500sq m (16,150sq ft) to accommodate all the new hospitality areas. All of these areas and gallery spaces on the second floor now have incredible views over Lake Geneva and the Alps.


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