Olympic bobsledders Vonetta Flowers and Chris Coleman join Member Monday
One of the benefits of Museum membership is the opportunity to attend VIP events such as this.
The final marquee exhibit in the Museum is also from the Crawford Family U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Archives – a complete collection of Olympic medals.
Since the beginning of the modern Olympic Games, medals have been used to award the champions of each event. Though they have evolved greatly in size, shape, color, texture, and material over time, the Olympic and Paralympic medals still carry the same significance and meaning they always have: the best of the best.
Thanks to the incredible donation Gordy Crawford, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum now displays a complete collection of Olympic medals dating back to the Athens 1896 Games.
One of the benefits of Museum membership is the opportunity to attend VIP events such as this.
Museum staff includes several athletes; three Paralympians and one Olympic hopeful spoke with Museum members about their journeys through sport.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum offers parking in the adjacent Park Union District lot for $7.50 per-day. Metered parking is also available on Sierra Madre and Vermijo.
Olympic Marks are used under license from the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee. 36 U.S.C. 220506
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