Sports Museums and Halls of Fame

Newest NYC Museum Gives Visitors a Touch of Sports (WIVB Buffalo)

12 May 2008

New York City's newest visitor attraction is the nation's first museum devoted to sports of all sorts, with interactive exhibits and hands-on displays covering activities from auto racing to yachting, housed in the downtown financial district near other museums and activities.

Sports Museum of America set to open in New York (The Oakland Press)

11 May 2008

NEW YORK (AP) -- The elevator ride to the first exhibit at the new Sports Museum of America sets the tone. "I don't believe what I just saw!" Jack Buck exclaims of Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run, one of the famous calls played during the short trip.

New York welcomes first museum to celebrate pro sports (Gulf Times)

8 May 2008

NEW YORK: World-renowned for its art museums and galleries, New York yesterday launched a museum heralding artistry of the sort that happens on the pitcher’s mound or the tennis court.