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.
North Conway, New Hampshire
New England Ski Musuem Eastern Slope BranchAddress:North Conway, New Hampshire 03860-1673 United States 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. |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
New Mexico Ski Hall of Fame and Ski MuseumAddress:Albuquerque, New Mexico 87122 United States Contact: Jay Blackwood Email: jblackw796@aol.com Telephone: () 505 857 8916 Website: www.nmskihall.org Small museum, local emphasis. |
Squaw Valley, California
Olympic MuseumAddress:Squaw Valley, California United States Contact: Email: Telephone: () Website: See note under Soda Springs; Western SkiSport Museum. |
California
Olympic Museum and Sierra Ski History MuseumAddress:California United States Contact: Email: Telephone: () Website: See note under Soda Springs; Western Ski Sport Museum. |
Park City, Utah
Park City Historical Society and MuseumAddress:Park City, Utah 84060 United States Contact: Sandra Morrison Email: via website Telephone: () 435 649 7457 Website: http://parkcityhistory.org Much on mining and ski history. |
Tannersville, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Ski and Snow Sports MuseumAddress:Tannersville, Pennsylvania 18372 United States 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 |
Washington, District of Columbia
Sir Arnold Lunn PapersAddress:Washington, District of Columbia 20057 United States 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. |
Kingsfield, Maine
Ski Museum of MaineAddress:Kingsfield, Maine 4947 United States 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, Vermont
Stratton Mountain FoundationAddress:Stratton Mountain, Vermont 5155 United States Contact: Email: info@strattonfoundation.org Telephone: () 802 277 2096 Website: Stratton Mountain archives of local area and papers of personalities. |
Ketchum, Idaho
Sun Valley Musuem of HistoryAddress:Ketchum, Idaho 83340 United States Contact: Mary Tyson Email: mtyson@comlib.org Telephone: () 208 726 8118 Website: www.ksvhs.com Local material including much on skiing. |
Red Wing, Minnesota
The American Ski Jumping Hall of Fame and MuseumAddress:Red Wing, Minnesota 55066 United States Contact: St. James Hotel Email: info@americanskijumping.com Telephone: () 651 388 2846 Website: www.americanskijumping.com History of jumping, especially Scandinavian immigrants. Hall of Fame. |
Crested Butte, Colorado
The Winter ArchiveAddress:Crested Butte, Colorado 81224 United States Contact: Paul Hooge Email: khooge2000@yahoo.com Telephone: () 970 799 6797 Website: 4,000 square feet of winter-related exhibits and archived private collection. |
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Tread of Pioneers MusuemAddress:Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80487 United States Contact: Candice Bannister Email: cbannister@treadofpioneers.org Telephone: () 970 879 2214 Website: www.treadofpioneers.org |
Ishpeming, Michigan
U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of FameAddress:610 Palms Avenue Ishpeming, Michigan 49849 United States Contact: Justin Koski Email: administrator@skihall.com Telephone: () 906 485 6323 Website: www.skihall.com Exhibits, national Hall of Fame, Palmedo library. |
Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah Ski and Snowboard ArchivesAddress:Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 United States Contact: Judy Jarrow Email: via website Telephone: () 801 581 3421 Website: www.lib.utah.edu Documentation on Utah skiing, resort growth and the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. |
Stowe, Vermont
Vermont Ski and Snowboard MuseumAddress:1 South Main Street Stowe, Vermont 5672 United States Contact: Abby Blackburn Email: info@vermontskimuseum.org Telephone: () 802 253 9911 Website: www.vtssm.org Exhibits highlight the history of skiing and snowboarding in Vermont. Annual rotating exhibits. Permanent exhibits include: 10th Mountain Division, National Ski Patrol, Vermont Olympians, Slopestyle Fashion. |
Decorah, Iowa
Vesterheim Norwegian-American MuseumAddress:Decorah, Iowa 52101 United States Contact: Laurann Gilbertson Email: info@vesterheim.org Telephone: () 563 382 9681 Website: www.vesterheim.org Museum of Norwegian immigration in the Midwest with small collection on immigrant skiing. |
Carbondale, Colorado
Vintage Ski WorldAddress:Carbondale, Colorado 81623 United States Contact: Richard Allen Email: rallen@vintageskiworld.com Telephone: () 970 963 9025 Website: www.vintageworld.com This is a shop but the proprietor has an extensive collection of vintage ski equipment that he is very willing to show. |
Mercer Island, Washington
Washington State Ski and Snowboard MuseumAddress:Mercer Island, Washington 98040 United States Contact: Dave Moffett Email: info@wsssm.org Telephone: () 424 434 0827 Website: www.wsssm.org Washington State skiing history, Washington Olympians, recognized skiers and NW Ski Hall of Fame, ski mountaineering, ski areas, manufacturers and snowboarding. Hours: Friday-Saturday, 3-8pm and Sunday 1-6pm. Call 425-434-0827 to confirm hours (this is a recording of current hours). |
Soda Springs, California
Western Skisport MuseumAddress:Soda Springs, California 95728 United States Contact: Bill Clark Email: bclark@inc.auburnskiclub.org Telephone: () 530 426 3313 x101 Website: www.auburnskiclub.com/asctc/about-us/ski-museum Displays of Western skiing and Squaw Olympics. Strong on "longboards." Library and documents. Note: The Museum of Sierra Ski History and the Olympic Museum are presently fundraising and obtaining land permits. If all goes as planned, the Olympic artifacts from the Western SkiSport Museum wilol go to the Olympic Museum, and the other artifacts will go to the Museum of Sierra Ski History. Eventually, the hope is to combine all three in the Olympic Museum (www.olympicskimuseum.org) planned for Squaw Valley opening in 2023. |
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.