Lake Placid is the only place in North America to have hosted two Winter Olympics. The Lake Placid Olympic Museum celebrates both the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics and their effect on Lake Placid and the region.

Located in the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, the museum, which opened in 1994, holds a diverse collections of objects linked to the games such the "Fram III" bobsled from the 1932 Olympic Games, the skates used by Jack Shea in 1932, and various memorabilia from the 1980 hockey team Miracle on Ice. The museum hosted the Olympic torch when it went around the United States before the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, and it hosts annual Lake Placid film forum.

Address: 2634 Main St, Lake Placid, NY 12946, USA, Phone: 518-302-5326

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