Between 1979 and 1986 Barcelona City Council spearheaded the vital task of democratising sport, with series of measures that are still very much in evidence all over the city today.
In this 9th Edition, the jury has valuated 50 entries of authors from 8 different nationalities, amongst which entries from Latin America are highlighted: Argentina, Colombia and Cuba.
The aim of the project Solidary Christmas is link sports organizations of Barcelona and centers responsible for watching disadvantaged groups of the La Marina neighborhood. It is focus on the last trimester of the year, when the different organizations will be able to contribute material that will be exhibit from mid-November to the 15th of December in a special room of the museum.
Francis Gabet, Director of the Culture and Patrimony Department of the International Olympic Committee and Ching-Kuo Wu, IOC member welcomed the representatives of the different Olympic and/or Sports Museums from all over the world.
The Olympic and Paralympic mascots arrived directly from South Korea. Thanks are due to the Organising Committee of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games for donating the official mascots to the Barcelona Olympic Foundation.
A compulsory course in the UB’s Master’s degree in Cultural Heritage Management and Museum Studies is a weekly guided visit to museums and cultural centres in the region. The students visit facilities outside the usual run, accompanied by managers and technical staff who offer a first-person insider’s view of the day-to-day life of the museum, as well as its problems.
Marta Carranza, Commissioner for Sport and President of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, presented the Barcelona Amphora trophy to this master player.
For the second year the Olympic and Sports Museum has been awarded the environmental quality assurance mark issued by the Catalan Regional Government.
Within the framework of International Disability Day, the Sant Pere Claver Foundation, the Catalan Table Tennis Federation, the BCN Sports Association and the Barcelona Olympic Foundation came together to celebrate the inclusion of disabled people through sport.