National Sports Museum

 

Sport is the essence of this country… It generates pride from within the community and it generates respect from around the world. Australia’s greatest showcase of sport will be housed at the National Sports Museum when it opens in March, 2008. The world-class National Sports Museum (NSM) will honour Aussie Rules football, cricket, Olympic Games, soccer and many other sports. The National Sports Museum will also bring renewed energy to the MCG’s traditional role as the spiritual home of Australian sport, re-establishing the stadium’s renowned heritage facilities within a new, modern museums and entertainment precinct for use by the public, MCC members and tourists alike. Located across two levels of the newly-refurbished Olympic Stand, visitors will enter the NSM via Gate 3 and immerse themselves in some of the finest sports-related memorabilia and interactive technology witnessed anywhere in the world. The National Sports Museum precinct will include: The Sport Australia Hall of Fame; Australian Cricket Hall of Fame; Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum; Aussie Rules Football Exhibition (including AFL World); and Melbourne Cricket Club Museum.

Point of Interest Type: Sporting Museum