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This book features rare images taken by official Olympic photographer Bill Briner that are complemented with images from public and private collections, some never before published. Using extensive research and oral histories from Olympic athletes and officials, award-winning author and museum founder David C. Antonucci brings the VIII Olympic Winter Games to life.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               You will be able to purchase the book at amazon.com by following the link to Amazon under our web page “Tour/Video/Books” above.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Congratulations David!… Read more

The Museum is happy to participate in the North Tahoe Boosters Club “An Elegant Affair” Friday, November 22 from 6:30 to 9:00pm in the Boatworks Mall, Tahoe City.  The North Tahoe Booster Club is dedicated to the continual growth and development of rewarding and successful athletic programs for the North Tahoe Middle School and High School. Through its fundraising and volunteer efforts by parents, coaches and community members, the club helps support school athletics and works to make athletics a valuable experience for all students.

Tickets are available at “The Store”, “Copies and More” and “Rosie’s” or at their website at:  http://www.northtahoeboosters.org/… Read more

Again, Joe Lanza and Eli Covell from the Hacienda restaurant were over-the-top catering the Placer County Board of Supervisors reception at the Museum on Tuesday – thanks again!   We also want to thank all the supervisors that attended as well as all of the local Tahoe dignitaries.   Special thanks to Bill Clark who spoke about the status and continued efforts for the Squaw Valley Ski Museum Foundation project and for hosting the reception. And finally, thanks to everyone who came and made it another great museum event! Next Event – Elegant Affair (Friday before Thanksgiving)… Read more

Parts 1 & 2 of the Ski History series are available at the museum using QRC technology (available through most smart phones) and under the “video” page of this website.  Both videos are narrated by local Tahoe historian and musuem co-founder David C. Antonucci. 

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The Museum of Sierra Ski History and 1960 Winter Olympics is hosting the Placer County Board of Supervisors reception on October 22nd at 12:00pm.    Welcome!… Read more

What a great night! – the Grand Opening of the museum was a grand success with notable visits from past and present US ski team members including  Megan Ganong, Travis Ganong, Tamara McKinney and Lila Lapana. Dr Richard Ganong, the US Ski Team physician and Vojko Lapana of the Yugoslavia Olympic ski team were also present for the opening.  Plenty of food and drink was provided to the crowded room by Joe Lanza and Eli Covell from the Hacienda del Lago.  The always generous Mike Akay, from Lake Tahoe Chocolates, suprised everyone by showing up with an excessive amount of assorted candies from his place in the Boatworks mall.  The highlight of the night were the opening ceremony speeches by historian and musuem partner David C. Antonucci and Bill Clark from the Auburn Ski Club thanking everyone for their support and generous donations for the project.  Now the only issue is what excuse we will come up with for the next museum party – coming soon!… Read more

Although we have been searching for 1960 Olympic items for many years this is the first “green” pennant we have ever come across. There are plenty of blue and red pennants in our collection – now, thanks to the Cronk family, we have the rare green one. As per Janet Cronk’s letter this originally was part of the William Corlett Estate, the architect of the ice skating rink and the designer of the Olympic logo. If you notice in the picture the logo is actually upside down on this pennant. The Cronk family also donated multiple rare magazine to the museum including Olympic editions of Time and Sports illustrated and a copy of the official Olympic program.

Thanks Cronk Family! We will soon put all of the items on display…. Read more

Bill Clark and the  Auburn Ski Club (ASC), our partners in the museum, added to their already fantastic ski display.  Now you can see historic ski boots, binding and skiing items that were all but forgotten.  This is a fraction of the ASC collection which can be seen at the Western SkiSport Museum at the top of Donner Summit at the Boreal Ski Area (Before visiting check the webiste for schedule of hours http://auburnskiclub.com/ski-museum/ ).  Thank you Bill Clark and ASC!… Read more

Lake Tahoe Ski Club (LTSC) , founded in 1929, has played an intergral part of our regions ski  history.   To the present day, the club has had more National Champions and Olympians than any other ski club in America. In addition to placing more than 60 members onto the U.S. Alpine Ski Team, many of its members are in the prestigious U.S. Ski Hall of Fame.  We are happy to have LTSC join us in helping to perserve our ski history and tell the grand story of this region.    (www.laketahoeskiclub.com)… Read more