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Olympic Museum

Local name: Musée olympique

Located in Lausanne, Lausanne District Coordinates: 46°30′28″ N 6°38′02″ E

Olympic Museum
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Nearest town
Lausanne
0.9 km N
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Zurich · UTC+01:00
Elevation
384 m
above sea level
When to go
May–September
See the climate
Airports
GVA Geneva International Airport50 km
NCY Annecy Meythet airport76 km

About Olympic Museum

Olympic Museum is a museum. Location: Lausanne, Lausanne District.

From Wikipedia

The Olympic Museum (French: Musée olympique) in Lausanne, Switzerland houses permanent and temporary exhibits relating to sport and the Olympic movement. With more than 10,000 artifacts, the museum is the largest archive of Olympic Games memorabilia in the world and one of Lausanne's prime tourist site draws attracting more than 250,000 visitors each year. The Olympic Museum and the Olympic Park (sculpture garden between the museum and Lake Léman) are located at Ouchy, south of Lausanne.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Opened
1993
Architect
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez
Heritage designation
class A Swiss cultural property of national significance
Visitors per year
160,000
Official website
olympic.org

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Olympic Museum

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May–September.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 103 mm

Hottest month
July (day 26°)
Coldest month
January (night -1°)
Wettest month
June (123 mm)
Driest month
March (79 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Olympic Museum
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°7°11°14°19°22°26°25°21°15°9°6°
Average low (°C)-1°0°2°5°9°12°14°14°11°7°3°0°
Precipitation (mm)8785798910212310410410610310396

Other places to visit in this season: May June July August September

How to get to Olympic Museum

The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (GVA), 50 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lausanne, 1 km to the north.

Airports

  • Geneva International Airport (GVA) Geneva 50 kmsouthwest
  • Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) Annecy 76 kmsouthwest
  • Bern Airport (BRN) Bern 80 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Lausanne Population: 139.1K 1 kmnorth
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 51 kmsouthwest
  • Bern Population: 121.6K 79 kmnortheast
  • Besançon Population: 128.4K 95 kmnorthwest
  • Basel Population: 177.6K 137 kmnortheast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Olympic Museum

Within 100 km: 179 historic and cultural sites, 3,032 natural sites, 448 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km94 places

  • Ile de Salagnon Island 21 kmE
  • Lake Leman Lake 15 kmSW
  • Lac des Joncs Lake 24 kmE
  • Lac de Brêt Lake 11 kmE

25–60 km1,173 places

  • Ile d'Ogoz Island 42 kmNE
  • Schwarzsee Lake 53 kmE
  • Lake Neuchâtel Lake 50 kmN
  • Lake Murten Lake 58 kmNE

60–100 km2,392 places

  • Kleiner Bremgartenwald Mountain 80 kmNE
  • Strandbad Neuhaus Beach 93 kmE
  • Strandbad Manor Farm Beach 92 kmE
  • Strandbad Leissigen Beach 89 kmE

Straight-line distances.

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Nearest towns and villages

  • Lausanne City, Lausanne
    0.9 km N
  • Pully Town, Pully
    2.2 km E
  • Pully Municipality, Lavaux-Oron District
    3.1 km NE
  • Montchoisi Neighbourhood, Lausanne
    0.5 km N

Sources & licences

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