Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame

The Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization to celebrate the sport of polo.[1][2][3][4][5]

Overview

It was founded by four polo players, H. Jeremy Chisholm, Philip L. B. Iglehart, Leverett S. Miller, and George C. Sherman, Jr. in Lexington, Kentucky in 1988.[1][2][3][4] The first inductions into the hall of fame were in 1990.[5][6] In 1997, it was relocated to a ten-acre estate in Lake Worth, Florida.[2][3][4][7]

The museum includes a trophy by Paul Storr and paintings by Franklin Brooke Voss, George Derville Rowlandson and Paul Brown.[1]

Honorees

See footnote[8]

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 Official website, Introduction
  2. 1 2 3 Horace Laffaye, Dennis J. Amato, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, 2011, p. 289
  3. 1 2 3 Chisholm Gallery
  4. 1 2 3 Polosport
  5. 1 2 Victor J. Danilov, Hall of Fame Museums: A Reference Guide, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997, p. 133
  6. Official website, List of Inductees
  7. Official website, Contact Us
  8. Hall of Fame List of Inductees (Alphabetical). Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame official website. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame: 2013 Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

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