National Sports Museum

National Sports Museum
Outside National Sports Museum at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Established	22 November 1986 As the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum 13 March 2008 As the National Sports Museum
Dissolved	4 October 2003 As the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Type	Sporting museum
Website	http://www.nsm.org.au/

The National Sports Museum is a museum dedicated to Australian sport and is located within the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia. There are exhibits for sports such as cricket, Australian rules football, the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, tennis, rugby league, rugby union, soccer, basketball, boxing and netball. The Australian Sports Hall of Fame is also located within the museum along with the Australian Racing Museum and the Melbourne Cricket Club museum.

The adjoining MCC Museum features exhibitions relating to the history of the Melbourne Cricket Club. On 6 October 2010, the Australian Racing Museum was absorbed into the National Sports Museum, which has now resulted in Horse Racing standing alongside other prominent Australian sports.

Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum

Before the National Sports Museum opened, the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum operated for 17 years before it closed. The museum was located in front of the former MCC Members Stand which opened in 1928, which was demolished at the same time as the museum. It initially opened on 22 November 1986 before closing to the public on 4 October 2003. More than 35,000 went through the museum in its final week in operation, when it was opened to the public for free in conjunction with access to the former MCC Members Pavilion.

External links

Media related to National Sports Museum (Australia) at Wikimedia Commons

National Sports Museum official website

Museums of Melbourne

ACCA ACMI ARHS Railway Museum Chinese Museum Cooks' Cottage Heide Museum of Modern Art Hellenic Museum Ian Potter Museum of Art Immigration Museum Islamic Museum Jewish Museum La Trobe's Cottage Maritime Museum Melbourne Museum Sports Museum NGV Australia NGV International Old Melbourne Gaol Old Treasury Building Scienceworks

Landmarks in the Melbourne City Centre

Note: this includes landmarks in the Melbourne City Centre and its fringe areas, not the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area

City precincts	Arts Precinct Chinatown Docklands Government Precinct Greek Precinct Little Italy Paris End RMIT City Southbank/Wharf Sports and Entertainment Precinct University of Melbourne

Shopping	Block Arcade Bourke Street Bridge Road Brunswick Street Chapel Street Centre Place Collins Street Degraves Street DFO South Wharf Elizabeth Street Flinders Lane GPO Melbourne Harbour Town Docklands Little Collins Street Melbourne Central Shopping Centre Myer Emporium Pran Central Queen Victoria Market Queen Victoria Village Royal Arcade Swanston Street

Entertainment	Tramcar Restaurant Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex Luna Park Melbourne Aquarium Melbourne Visitor Shuttle Melbourne Zoo See also: Theatres in the Melbourne City Centre

Public galleries	Australian Centre for Contemporary Art Australian Centre for the Moving Image Ian Potter Museum of Art NGV Australia NGV International RMIT Gallery See also: Museums in Melbourne

Institutions	General Post Office Government House Melbourne Observatory Melbourne Town Hall Old Melbourne Gaol Old Melbourne Magistrates' Court Old Melbourne Mint Old Treasury Building Parliament House State Library of Victoria Supreme Court of Victoria Victoria Barracks

Structures	Arts Centre Eureka Tower Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre Melbourne Star Royal Exhibition Building Shrine of Remembrance St Paul's Cathedral St Patrick's Cathedral

Sports stadiums	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (AAMI Park) Docklands Stadium (Etihad Stadium) Flemington Racecourse Margaret Court Arena Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue (Hisense Arena) Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC) Lakeside Stadium National Ice Sports Centre (O'Brien Group Arena) Olympic Park Stadium Rod Laver Arena Royal Melbourne Golf Club Princes Park (Ikon Park)

Parks and spaces	Albert Park and Lake Alexandra Gardens Birrarung Marr Carlton Gardens City Square Federation Square Fitzroy Gardens Flagstaff Gardens Kings Domain Queen Victoria Gardens Royal Botanic Gardens Royal Park Treasury Gardens Yarra Park

Transport	Bolte Bridge Capital City Trail City Circle Tram CityLink Flinders Street station Melbourne Airport Melbourne Central station Melbourne Seaport Southern Cross station Trams in Melbourne West Gate Bridge Yarra River

See also: Museums in Melbourne Parks and gardens of Melbourne Theatres in the Melbourne City Centre

Coordinates: 37°49′08″S 144°59′03″E / 37.818921°S 144.984249°E / -37.818921; 144.984249

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