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.
Davos, Grisons
Wintersport MuseumAddress:Davos, Grisons 7270 Switzerland Contact: Email: andresguler@bluewin.ch Telephone: (41) 814 132 484 Website: www.wintersportmuseum.ch Skiing displays are one part of the museum. |
Leicester, Leicestershire
The Ski Club of Great Britain Archives Special Collections of De Montfort UniversityAddress:Leicester, Leicestershire LE1 9BH United Kingdom Contact: Katharine Short Email: kshort@dmu.ac.uk Telephone: (44) 116 250 6392 Website: www.dmu.ac.uk Includes archives of Ski Club of Great Britain. |
Denver, Colorado
10th Mountain Division Resource Center Denver Public LibraryAddress:Denver, Colorado United States 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. |
Park City, Utah
Alf Engen Ski Musuem Olympic ComplexAddress:Park City, Utah 84098 United States 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, Colorado
Aspen Historical SocietyAddress:Aspen, Colorado 81611 United States Contact: Lisa Hancock Email: info@aspenhistory.com Telephone: () 970 925 3721 Website: www.aspenhistory.com Documents relating to Aspen's skiing history. |
Westminster, Colorado
Beekley International Collection of Art and LibraryAddress:Westminster, Colorado United States 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. |
Norco, California
California Ski LibraryAddress:Norco, California 92860 United States 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. |
Vail, Colorado
Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of FameAddress:Vail, Colorado 81657 United States Contact: Jen Mason Email: skimuseum@gmail.com Telephone: () 970 476 1876 Website: www.snowsportsmuseum.org Extensive 10th Mountain collection. |
Boise, Idaho
Glory Days Ski MuseumAddress:Boise, Idaho 83702 United States Contact: Kirk Luba Email: glorydaysskimuseum@gmail.com Telephone: () 208 629 8329 Website: Private collection of 1960s-1980s skis. |
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid Winter Olympic MusuemAddress:Lake Placid, New York 12946 United States 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. |
Government Camp, Oregon
Mount Hood Cultural Center and MuseumAddress:Government Camp, Oregon 97028 United States 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. |
Tahoe City, California
Museum of Sierra Ski HistoryAddress:Tahoe City, California 96145 United States 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 |
Boulder, Colorado
Neptune Mountaineering and Ski MuseumAddress:Boulder, Colorado United States 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. |
Franconia, New Hampshire
New England Ski MuseumAddress:Franconia, New Hampshire 03580-4403 United States 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. |
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. |
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.