Description
The National Sports Museum is unveiling its major exhibition on the legacy of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Starting February 11, it invites visitors to explore “A Summer of 2024,” which looks back on the enchanting moment of a magical event.
THE FLAME NEVER GOES OUT
The Paris 2024 Games have put France on the world map. The spectacular ceremonies, the athletic feats, the prestigious competition venues, and the tremendous enthusiasm of fans from around the world made these Olympic and Paralympic Games a resounding success that has undeniably left its mark on the history of sports.
Curated by Vincent Duluc—a senior reporter for L’Equipe and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Sports Museum—the exhibition “A Summer of 2024” will allow audiences in France and abroad to relive this collective joy and immerse themselves once more in a summer like no other. Spanning more than 500 m² and featuring an immersive, interactive, and moving exhibition design, it will tell the story of the first gender-equal Olympic Games, responsible, inclusive, and open Games, and the resounding success of a French endeavor that began on June 23, 2015, with the official submission of Paris’s bid.
A GAMES MUSEUM IN NICE
Supported by the entire sports community, notably by the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) and the French Paralympic and Sports Committee (CPSF), the National Sports Museum, located in Nice at the heart of the Allianz Riviera Stadium, aims to transform this space into a true museum of the Paris 2024 Games.
Medals, torches, athletes’ personal items, ceremonial uniforms… In total, more than 500 items have been collected—not only from athletes, of course, but also from the Organizing Committee, the International Olympic and Paralympic Committees, artists, and partners involved in this extraordinary event.
This national heritage is further enhanced by the inclusion of numerous exceptional loans, such as Aya Nakamura’s outfit from the opening ceremony (on loan from Dior Héritage), the outfit worn by the rider of Zeus, the mechanical horse (Palais Galliera – Musée de la Mode de Paris), the medal trunk (Louis Vuitton Malletier), and the replica of the Olympic cauldron (EDF).
To give this major exhibition the attention it deserves, the National Sports Museum is changing its usual format and, for the first time, presenting a long-term exhibition that will run and evolve until the 2030 Winter Games, which will once again be held in France.
