Concerning the spread of COVID-19 the Olympic and Sports Museum will be closed during 15 days from March 13
The Generalitat de Catalunya and the Spanish Government coinciding with the activation of the alert phase of the Municipal Specific Plan for a health risk, additional local measures have been established to protect vulnerable groups and to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the city. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Miraitowa and Someity mascots of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, visit Barcelona
PRESS RELEASE The Tokyo 2020 Olympic mascot Miraitowa and Paralympic mascot Someity recently visited Barcelona from Japan as part of their first-ever tour of Europe. The mascots are traveling to promote the Tokyo 2020 cheering project “Make the Beat!” Among the cities the mascots will visit are Barcelona, Paris, Bonn, Athens, London, and Lausanne. In […]
Opening of the exhibition on Beijing and Barcelona as Olympic venues
The exhibition ‘You and I are friends: dialogue between Olympic cities’ will be held at the Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sports Museum until December 15. The exhibition shows the style and culture of Beijing and Barcelona as hosts of the Olympic Games. Organised by the Beijing Olympic City Development Foundation in cooperation with the […]
Reception of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
Naochito Watanabe, Japan’s General Consul in Barcelona, and Susana Closa, manager of the Barcelona Sports Institute, welcomed the reception of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. The reception was attended by representatives of Catalan federations, leaders of Catalan sports entities, coaches, athletes and press, among others. In the course of the event, Mitsuru Nagata, […]
Thank you for helping us make Christmas more charitable
The Barcelona Olympic Foundation would like to thank the Joia Foundation and the Sants Entities Secretariat for allowing us to contribute to projects such as ‘We are girls, we play sports’ and ‘We learn by sharing’. We would also like to thank the generosity and commitment of the collaborating entities —Royal Polo Club, Royal Tennis […]
125th anniversary of the International Olympic Committee
David Escudé, President of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation and sports councillor of Barcelona City Council, and Pere Vilà, regional representative of Sport and Physical Activity in Barcelona and Catalonia Regions, opened the commemorative event held by the Barcelona Olympic Foundation (FBO) on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the creation of the IOC. We […]
Opening of the ‘Olympics’ exhibition by Jose M. Mercado
The Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sports Museum has opened the exhibition of Catalan photographer Jose M. Mercado. The event was honoured by the presence of Susana Closa, manager of the Barcelona Sports Institute, the athletes, etc. Since 2012 he has been working on a personal project involving top athletes and art. The exhibition ‘Olympics’ […]
A delegation from the Swiss Association of Sports Services visits the Olympic Museum
L’Association Suïsse des Services des Sports, section Suïsse romande et Tessin (ASSRT) (The Swiss Association of Sports Services of French-speaking Switzerland) has completed its biannual study tour in Barcelona in 2019. This association, composed of around fifty sports councillors and directors from the main cities of French-speaking Switzerland (Geneva, Lausanne, Nyon, Fribourg, Montreux, etc.), conducts […]
Barcelona Triathlon by Santander 2019
David Escudé, Sports Councillor, and Mauro Llorens, director of Win Sport Factor, organiser of the Barcelona Triathlon by Santander, have been in charge of announcing the new features of this new edition 2019. This new edition had a more international approach, as stressed by Luís Herrero, Institutional Territorial Director of Banco Santander.
XVIII Olympic Forum 2019: The impact of sports and emerging disciplines in a global world
Newsletter 15th October: 1st session Newsletter 15 October: 2nd session CONCLUSIONS: The Agenda 2020 is doubtlessly the roadmap of the Olympic Movement for the coming decades. The social transformation has motivated the IOC to plan the future of the Games with a view to meeting the demands of this new generation, with a clear flexibilization […]
