German Sports & Olympia Museum

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Address
ImZollhafen 1
50678 Köln
Telephone: 0049 (0)221 / 33 609 - 0
Telefax: 0049 (0)221 / 33 609 - 99
info@sportmuseum.info
www.sportmuseum.info

Opening hours
Tuesday to Friday 10.00 a.m. to 06.00 p.m. Saturday, Sunday & Bank Holidays 11a.m. to 07.00 p.m. 11.00 a.m. to 07.00 p.m. Closed on Mondays

Admission charges
€ 5,00 / € 2,50
with reduction Reductions for groups.

Guided tours after pre-booking with
Visitor Service (Ms. Koelsch; Tel.: 0049 (0)221/33609-59).

Guided tours for groups and school classes € 35,00
in a foreign language € 40,00, Children's birthday parties: € 60,00.

The museum tour

In approx. 2 000 m2 of exhibition and action space covering two floors, the widest aspects of national, international and Olympic sports are comprehensively covered in a permanent and transitory exhibitions. Subdivision into various concisely labelled segments allows visitors to plunge into the fascinating worlds of sports.

On the ground floor, the visitor is put in the right mood for sport in various ways. It is an introduction both to the museum tour and to the transitory exhibitions and events. A cafeteria and terrace with view over the Rhine completes the museum concept.

Transitory exhibitions: Topical themes such as national and international sporting events, the various facets of the sport and its interaction with other social areas are represented in a lively style, particularly in the transitory exhibitions, which are staged regularly.

Sports Studio: Nowadays, sport would be inconceivable without the media: The sports studio shows the beginnings of the “media” age, sporting highlights and poignant pictures, which stirred the emotions. In addition, it is the ideal location to stage events, live broadcasts and television programmes.

On the first floor, the visitor sets foot in the permanent exhibition, which will take him through more than 100 years of sport up to the present day: From the roots of sports via the Olympic Games to the presentation and analysis of modern sport and its current forms of expression.

Wreath or death: For ancient Greece, the Olympic games were not a peaceful public festival. Harsh competitions were reality.

"Fresh, pious, happy, free": Jahn, the "Father of Gymnastics", parades and the concept of communal physical training were the characteristic elements of the German gymnastic movement.

English sports: At the end of the 19th century, the essential features of today's modern sport, such as performance, competition and fair play were developing in England. A specially produced radio play gives the visitor an insight into the 19th century world of sport.

Olympic Games: The background to the origin of the modern day Olympic Games is closely associated with the Frenchman, Baron Pierre de Coubertin.

Timeline: A route through the building showing athletes and events on your journey through time. Exhibits, athletes and original media are the forms of expression.

Olympic Games in Berlin 1936: Set in austere exhibition scenery, the sombre shadow cast over this sporting event by the National Socialist regime is the central theme. A film clip taken from Leni Riefenstahl's hotly debated Olympic film becomes here itself a media exhibit.

Olympic Games in Munich in 1972: The cheerful games, which ended so terribly, the sporting highlights of the many German v German duels, all these scenes are replayed to the visitor once again, while sitting on original seats from the stadium.

0 Degree: Aesthetics and speed in downhill skiing, the flight of the ski-jumpers and the world of glittering sequined girls with their enchanting free skating programmes on ice are presented in a winter atmosphere. Icy display cases welcome visitors and line the route to an original German bobsleigh team’s four-man bob.

Starting whistle: Teams, stars, scandals, media, spectators, fan culture and cups. Surrounded by pieces of turf from 1st national league stadia, stories to do with the leather ball are told. Sitting on a coach’s bench fitted with an interactive medium station, the visitor can select his dream team or watch all the "Goals of the year" on a screen.

Seconds out: Max Schmeling or Henry Maske, here you can see the life stories of your idols in the spotlight, and if you like, you can climb into the ring and imitate them with punch bags.

Headwind: In a wind tunnel, everybody can try reaching the average speed of a Tour de France winner. The cyclist himself will provide the power to drive the fan and sit in the "headwind".

Pit stop: This sport is characterised by brains and technical detail, of duels and tragic accidents. A video installation allows the visitor to retrace the path through 100 years of motor sporting history.

Lap of honour: How varied is sport? Where do strength and aesthetics meet? What emotions are expressed in sport? These questions are posed here and answered with the help of a unique composition of video clip examples. The athlete himself is always at the centre of sporting activity. The contents of various lockers, converted into display cases, which tell interesting stories about individual athletes, impressively record this fact.

1. Birthday Parties
Special birthday parties can be celebrated in the German Sports & Olympia Museum. The festivals are designated either "Sprint" or "Marathon". The birthday child receives a present and all his friends a certificate.

The 2 ½-hour "Marathon" programme comprises: A guided tour of the permanent exhibition with sporting activities, games on the museum roof and a museum rally. Depending on interest and weather conditions, the order of the programme can be rearranged time-wise.

Alternatively, the "Sprint" programme with sporting activities in the permanent exhibition is offered as a shorter, one-hour variant.

Afternoon tea or a warm meal is available if pre-booked with Visitor Service.

"Sprint" Birthday party: from € 52,00, admission included for up to 8 children between the ages of 6 and 12 years.

"Marathon" birthday party: from € 80,00, admission included for up to 8 children between the ages of 8 and 14 years.

Accompanying adults pay the normal admission charge. You will find further information under Information about birthday parties

2. Museum Educational Orientation Course (class 3 and higher, sec. I)
After an approx. 30-minute introduction, the pupils receive “to do” cards, which they have to fill in independently. Depending on age, the questions are designed to test careful observation or problem-oriented thinking.

Duration: approx. 45-60 min. in total
Charge: € 35,00 plus admission

3. General tours (GS., sec. I, sec. II)
An approximately 45-minute tour of the German Sports & Olympia Museum exhibition. The objective is to enhance the awareness of sport as an historically evolving cultural phenomenon.

Duration: approx. 45-60 min
Charge: € 35,00 plus admission

4. Theme-specific tours and discussions about sport (for classes from 9 on, sec. II)
For pupil groups between 9 and 13, tours can be arranged on the following subjects:

• Politics and sport
• Media and sport
• Health and sport
• Sport and religion
• Women and sport
• Limits of performance
• The history of the "Fair Play" concept
• The history of the Olympic movement

Sports conversations and discussions consolidate the impressions of the exhibition and will establish a relationship to current events in sports. They are held in the museum seminar room (15-20 persons) or in the "studio". In addition, the museum‘s special media package may be used.

Duration: approx. 45-60 min
Charge: € 35,00 plus admission

5. Special event days
Event days on specific subjects such as painting etc. under the instruction of trained teaching staff are offered separately. The dates are publicised under "current events" at the museum’s cash desk and in the local press.

Should you be interested in a special subject that you would like us to arrange with your club/association we would be pleased to hear from you.

Reservations
Jutta Koelsch,
Visitor Service
besucherdienst@sportmuseum.info
Telephone: 0049 (0)221 / 33 609 - 59
Telefax:0049 (0)221 / 33 609 - 99

after 14 hours Telephone: 0049 (0)221 / 33 609 - 0 (Museum cash desk)