WHO WE ARE:

The Squaw Valley Ski Museum Foundation, established in May of 2008, is dedicated to the establishment of the proposed Squaw Valley Olympic Museum and Winter Sports Heritage Center.

The planned Olympic Museum will exhibit one of the great moments in California history by collecting and celebrating the legacy of the VIII Olympic Winter Games.  The Winter Sports Heritage Center will feature the Auburn Ski Club’s Western SkiSport Museum and will continue to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret our western skiing heritage beginning with the Gold Rush “Longboards”era  to the present.  Culturally the Museum will capture the pioneering people and way of life in our Sierra Nevada mountain communities.

The 2009-2010 season presented our community with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bring our Olympic and winter sports heritage to the forefront.  Converging in 2010 will be the 60th anniversary of Squaw Valley Ski Area, the 50th anniversary of the 1960 Olympic Games and the return of the Winter Olympiad to the west coast of North America in Vancouver.

The Squaw Valley Ski Museum Foundation is seeking donations of artifacts and memorabilia of all kinds.  If you have, or know of potential historical items we need your help. CLICK HERE TO DONATE.

MISSION STATEMENT:

The Squaw Valley Ski Museum Foundation collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets our western skiing heritage and celebrates the legacy of the 1960 Winter Olympic Games.

As a center for western winter sports heritage, the museum researches, educates and enhances awareness of the evolution of skiing in the Sierra Nevada for present and future generations.