40 years have passed. The Origins of Barcelona’s Sports Policy
Between 1979 and 1986 Barcelona City Council spearheaded the vital task of democratising sport, with series of measures that are still very much in evidence all over the city today.
18 entries go to the final round of the 9th edition of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation International Art on Paper Award
In this 9th Edition, the jury has valuated 50 entries of authors from 8 different nationalities, amongst which entries from Latin America are highlighted: Argentina, Colombia and Cuba.
Solidary Christmas
The aim of the project Solidary Christmas is link sports organizations of Barcelona and centers responsible for watching disadvantaged groups of the La Marina neighborhood. It is focus on the last trimester of the year, when the different organizations will be able to contribute material that will be exhibit from mid-November to the 15th of December in a special room of the museum.
The 13th Olympic Museums Network General Assembly
Francis Gabet, Director of the Culture and Patrimony Department of the International Olympic Committee and Ching-Kuo Wu, IOC member welcomed the representatives of the different Olympic and/or Sports Museums from all over the world.
Olympic Day
ARE YOU VOLEYBALL?, WINNER OF THE 9th EDITION OF THE BCN SPORTS FILM FESTIVAL
The Closing Ceremony of the BCN Sports Film Festival’s 9th Edition, celebrated in the Olympic and Sports Museum Joan Antoni Samaranch, has been the rallying point between the world of cinema, sports, politics and society.
Soohorang and Bandabi, the Winter Olympics mascots, are now in the Olympic Museum
The Olympic and Paralympic mascots arrived directly from South Korea. Thanks are due to the Organising Committee of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games for donating the official mascots to the Barcelona Olympic Foundation.
Students on the Master’s degree in Museum Studies and Cultural Heritage Management at the University of Barcelona visit the Olympic and Sports Museum
A compulsory course in the UB’s Master’s degree in Cultural Heritage Management and Museum Studies is a weekly guided visit to museums and cultural centres in the region. The students visit facilities outside the usual run, accompanied by managers and technical staff who offer a first-person insider’s view of the day-to-day life of the museum, as well as its problems.
Dani Sánchez wins the 19th City of Barcelona International Trophy for Three-Cushion Billiards
Marta Carranza, Commissioner for Sport and President of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, presented the Barcelona Amphora trophy to this master player.
A museum with an assurance of environmental quality
For the second year the Olympic and Sports Museum has been awarded the environmental quality assurance mark issued by the Catalan Regional Government.
