The U.S. Olympic Museum has been elected to the prestigious Olympic Museums Network (OMN), receiving the designation Sept. 25 at the Olympic Museums Network (OMN) 10th General Assembly in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. “The U.S. Olympic Museum is honored to be a recognized member of the Olympic Museums Network,” U.S.…
The Denver-based Boettcher Foundation said Monday that it has committed $100,000 toward construction of the planned U.S. Olympic Museum in downtown Colorado Springs, which organizers say is another significant step forward as they seek to raise $80 million for the project. "It's important for the museum to have a broad…
Supporters of a planned U.S. Olympic Museum in Colorado Springs unveiled preliminary renderings of the project Thursday, while announcing they've finalized an agreement with a local developer who's donating a 1.7 acre-site in southwest downtown. The moves, backers say, are key steps as they work to raise $80 million for…
COLORADO SPRINGS - It was a day of firsts in Colorado Springs, as the first images of the US Olympic Museum architecture designs were released. It's also the first City for Champions project to take shape. The museum also secured a 1.7 land gift agreement with Nor'wood Development Group for…
Now that Ambassador/Governor/President Dick Celeste and the U.S. Olympic Museum board have chosen Diller Scofidio + Renfro as the new facility's design architect, what can we expect? The short answer: fun and fireworks. DS+R isn't exactly your grandfather's architecture firm — or your dad's, or even yours. It was described…