recreation and sports
Reference, Museums, Recreation and Sports
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- Honors the community's native son who set major league records while a pitcher for the Cleveland Indians and is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Includes a virtual tour, memberships, career statistics, events, hours, admission rates, and directions.
- Preserves Colorado's skiing history.
- Exhibits memorabilia from the baseball careers of Cal Ripken, Jr., Cal Ripken, Sr., and Bill Ripken. Located in Aberdeen, Maryland.
- Honors Bay Area sports legends to benefit youth sports programs.
- Honors lacrosse teams and displays vintage lacrosse equipment, uniforms and memorabilia. Located in Baltimore, Maryland.
- Honors the achievements of outstanding athletes and contributors in swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming and water safety, and preserves the history of aquatic sports.
- Honoring the great players of the professional football world since 1920. Located in Canton, Ohio.
- Located in South Bend, Indiana. Trivia questions with prizes, polls, voting for Hall of Fame nominees, Hall information, and Featured Famers.
- Collections of working decoys from the Chesapeake Bay. An extensive research library, complete with works on decoys, carving, waterfowl, and the environment is available by appointment for in-depth studying. Located in Havre de Grace, Maryland.
- Maintained by the Sarisohn Family. Includes an overview of the collection and details of Chess Collectors International. Open on weekends and by appointment in Commack, New York.
- Entertaining and educational exhibits celebrating the game of basketball. Located in Springfield, Massachusetts.
- Promotes, recognizes and preserves athletic achievement for the purpose of inspiring individuals of all ages to reach their full potential.
- Features exhibits on rifles and handguns, knives, traps, skins, Icelandic mammals and birds, mammals from Africa and Greenland, including a shoulder mount of a giraffe. Includes hours, admission fees. Located in Stokkseyri, near Reykjavík, Iceland. [E
- Features exhibits on Texas athletes and sports, ranging from scholastic to professional teams.
- Honors athletes and those invloved in western New York sports.
- A new museum founded in 1998 covering the River Thames, the sport of rowing and the town of Henley-on-Thames, England.
- Features memorabilia and plaques honoring the inductees. Includes news and events, FAQs, scholarship program and contact details. Located in Iron Mountain, Michigan.
- A repository of photographs, letters, and artifacts documenting the history of African Americans in baseball. Online store, educational, and membership information. Located in Kansas City, Missouri.
- Features inductees, displays of chess sets, computer exhibits, audio-visual presentations. Includes photos, gift shop, hours and directions. Located in Miami, Florida.
- Contains photos, list of inductees, and articles. Includes hours. No admission charge. Located in Schenectady, New York.
- Celebrates Louisville, Kentucky's contribution to baseball – the Louisville Slugger bat. Learn how bats are made at the Bat Factory and how they are used through a hands on exhibit and multi-media tour.
- Interactive New York City sports museum dedicated to the history of sports and their place in our national culture. Includes a mission statement and contact details.
- 50,000 sq. ft. sport history museum, located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri.
- Preserving the historic legacy of the game of tennis.
- Features a theatre area, timeline of Owens' life, running gallery, humanitarian gallery, video interactives, gift shop and the Decatur Daily Resource Center. Includes hours, photos and map. Located in Danville, Alabama.
- Chronicles the personalities, manufacturers and machines of all types of racing. Exhibits include Indy cars, stock cars, sports cars, dragsters, race trucks and openwheelers. Includes hours, admission fee, membership and volunteer details, and FAQs. Loc
- Hall of fame and museum preserving the history of the sport of volleyball and honoring its athletes, teams and organizations. Located in Holyoke, MA.
- Includes details of exhibits, events, educational programs, memberships, hours, admission fees, and directions to its location in Newport, Rhode Island.
- Cooperstown, New York
- Exhibits the history and achievements of golf in British Columbia, Canada.
- Extensive collection of hockey photos, statistics, profiles, global coverage, trivia, and games.
- Joint creation of the Sports Museum Flanders and the Flemish Folk Games Central. Includes hours and photo gallery of exhibits. Located in Flanders.
- Collection includes about 1500 kites from around the world and archival materials. Includes details of exhibits, calendar of events, educational programs, membership and contact forms. Located in Long Beach, Washington.
- Includes profiles of Muhammad Ali, Jack Dempsey, Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Ray Robinson.
- Museum for the most famous horse race in the world.
- Hall of Famers, exhibits, interactive games, soccer history, and may other soccer related resources.
- Exhibits antique hunting and fishing equipment and Swedish animals in their natural surroundings.
- Showcases development from inception in 1939 as a three-team league to membership in over 90 countries. Features photos, displays, films and exhibits about the players, equipment, history and rules. Includes hours, admission rates and directions. Locat
- Traditional memorabilia displays are enhanced through up-to-the-minute technology, including touch-screen kiosks, laser-disc multi-media theater presentations, an interactive play-by-play press box and participatory areas.
- Home of the Daisy BB gun and Daisy air rifle historic collection. Schedule, location, and hours provided.
- Provides information on inductees, membership, chapters, exhibits, history, events and architecture of new building in Chicago, Illinois.
- A museum, library and archives about the history and great players of Canadian golf.
- Celebrating the history and spirit of the Olympic Games.
- Information on the exhibits, merchandise, and other activities at the museum as well as information on Babe Ruth's life and the Orioles franchise.
- Contains international collection of fishing related artifacts and is dedicated to the history and future of sport fishing, both freshwater and saltwater, throughout the world. Includes virtual tours, details of exhibits, rates and hours. Located in Van
- Honors and preserves the legendary voices that have accompanied sports history's greatest moments.
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