Xiamen Olympic Museum

Xiamen Olympic Museum, one of the twelve members of the International Olympic Museum Network, is a non-profitable international organization approved by International Olympic Committee and China Olympic Committee. It is the first Olympic Museum entitled "Olympics" in China. The museum was planned, designed and founded by International Olympic Commi... ttee Member, the president of International Boxing Association, Mr.Ching-kuo Wu, who is also a world-renowned architecture expert and the curator of our Museum. The museum has rich collections of Olympic culture relics with the purpose of promoting Olympic cultures, spirits and making more people to know, experience and share Olympic history and glory. The museum has open structures and its main building is divided into upper and lower floors, which inherits the design concept of Lausanne Olympic Museum. The first floor lobby is a public area equipped with Multimedia Presentation Hall, VIP meeting room, Coffee Shop and a Gift Shop which has the exclusive right to sell souvenirs of international Olympics and successive Olympic theme feature. In the museum lobby, there is a jasper from Changjiang River with a total weight of 80 tons. The second floor consists of one preface hall and four exhibition halls with different themes. Among the over 1000 items, most exhibits are Mr.Wu's personal collections of the Olympic correlative cultural relics and souvenirs for 20 years, including Olympic torches, medals, stamps, badges, coins, mascots, ect. The main function of the museum is to promote the Olympic culture, demonstrate the Olympic history and treasures to the public. Therefore people can know more about the Olympics, experience the healthy life philosophy of "faster, higher, stronger" and the Olympic spirit of "participation, justice, peace".Read More