Ignite Your Dreams at the Olympic Center and Museum

In any sport, any job, anything at all, achieving excellence starts with a dream. We need to see the possibilities and believe in ourselves to realize them. Because that’s what Lake Placid has exemplified for nearly 100 years, our museum offers an entire exhibit area dedicated to those dreams. In 1974, shortly after the 1980 Olympic Winter Games were awarded to Lake Placid, members of the community decided to create a collection of materials pertaining to the Games for future use in a museum/research facility. At the end of the 1980 Olympic Winter Games, the Olympic and Winter Sports Museum, a private, not-for-profit museum, was opened at the former Austria House in Lake Placid. Come visit and feel the thrill for yourself! Ticket info and more.