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Walter Payton's Roundhouse (Former)
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This former Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad roundhouse is now a stylish entertainment and fine dining complex, which includes the Walter Payton Museum.
Two Brothers Brewing Company acquired the property in 2011. It is now know as Two Brothers Roundhouse.

Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing
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A legend in the sport, Don Garlits assembled a large collection of drag racing history next to his home.
About the plane seen in this view:
Naval Aviation News, Jan-Feb, 2003 by Ed Wright
What do drag racing and Naval Aviation have in common? More than you may think. Besides the fact that a dragster and a Navy jet can both travel at more than 300 miles per hour, they are related because of the work of one drag racing legend, "Big Daddy" Don Garlits.
The 1997 International Drag Racing Hall of Fame inductee owns the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing in Ocala, Fla. He has added some muscle to his growing collection of Navy memorabilia with the addition of an A-7A Corsair II (BuNo 152650) mounted on a pedestal in front of the museum. The aircraft sports a plaque that states "it was the first A-7 to make a carrier arrested landing on board America (CV 66) in 1966."
After its retirement in 1978, the plane was mounted on a pedestal at NAS Cecil Field, Fla. When the base was later closed, it was known that Garlits was interested in obtaining an airplane for his museum, so the Navy loaned him the Corsair II for display. But his dream was short-lived when a tornado touched down and ripped the plane from its stand. The A-7 flipped over and sustained extensive damage.
Navy personnel recommended that he scrap it and offered to find him another aircraft. But because he liked this particular one and its history, Garlits decided to fix it. He explained, "I got help from the people in my shop and a volunteer from the community. We repaired, repainted and remounted the plane in its current location outside the museum. It took us nearly eight months to complete the work." He then added a special touch, a high-powered floodlight to make it stand out at night. "It is really beautiful," he said.
Garlits also has other Navy memorabilia in his museum. There is a Navy "recruiting" booth that is 25 feet long by 10 feet tall. He hands out to the public something he calls a "hero card," which shows his dragster aboard Ranger (CV 61). The card has a tear-off portion that can be mailed to request information on joining the Navy. There is also an engine from a Navy helicopter in one of his dragsters on display, as well as antique Navy recruiting posters.
Garlits got interested in the Navy after he toured U.S. military installations in Vietnam in 1971. The following year, the Navy Recruiting Command asked him to pose with his dragster for a recruiting poster. In recognition of his efforts, he was made an Honorary Navy Recruiter. The now-famous poster photo taken of Garliz "dragging" an A-7 Corsair II aboard Lexington (CV 16) appeared in the March 1972 issue of Naval Aviation News. In 1980 he was featured in Hot Rod magazine on board Ranger, where he was photographed in his dragster while "racing" an F-14 Tomcat. This photo appeared on the back cover of NANews, May 1980. A 1983 photo shoot aboard John F Kennedy (CV 67) produced a recruiting poster and another story in Hot Rod.
Naval Aviation supporters come from all walks of life. After 30 years, "Big Daddy" Don Garlits says he will continue to be an ambassador for the Navy, and he hopes his museum will help inspire young people to serve their country.

Knoxville Raceway
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Home of the Knoxville Nationals - the "Super Bowl" of sprint car racing. The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum is adjacent to turn 2 (northeast corner).
The track was built in the late 1800's for horse racing. The first auto race was an exhibition held here in 1901. Traditional auto racing events have been staged here since 1914.
In 1954, the track was modified for strictly auto racing (and not horses). The track surface was banked. Lights and guardrails were also installed. Over the next 14 years, the weekly racing program evolved from stock cars to modifieds to super-modifieds to sprint cars. The first annual Knoxville Nationals were held in 1961.
A wooden covered grandstand stood along the front stretch from 1917-69. Today, each straightaway features a large grandstand with a total seating capacity over 24,000.

Pro Football Hall Of Fame
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The NFL Hall of Fame

Basketball Hall of Fame
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College Football Hall of Fame
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The College Football Hall of Fame, located in South Bend, Indiana, USA, is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. It is situated in the renovated downtown district, near convention centers and not far from the campus of Notre Dame.
The College Football Hall of Fame was established in 1951 by the National Football Foundation (NFF), which oversees the support, administration and operation of the College Football Hall of Fame.

White River State Park
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The Park is home to the Indianapolis Zoo, White River Gardens, Indiana State Museum, IMAX® Theater, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, NCAA Hall of Champions, Victory Field and Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial.

International Tennis Hall of Fame
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Located in the Newport Casino which has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The grass courts belonging to the Hall of Fame were the site of the first U.S. Nationals in 1881.

Mohammed Bin Sulayem house
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Mohammed Bin Sulayem is a Dubai based Rally driver famed for his collection of exotic automobiles such as Ferrari, Maybach, Lamborghini, McLaren

Daytona 500 Experience museum
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This NASCAR racing museum opened in 1996 and was known as "Daytona USA" until July 2007. It features an IMAX theater, racing simulators, and several interactive exhibits. The Daytona 500 winning car goes from victory lane to the museum to be on display for the entire year.

National Baseball Hall of Fame
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York

Hockey Hall of Fame
Located in the southeast corner (lower level) of the BCE Place building.
Exhibits showcasing the history of ice hockey and honoring it's greatest players.

Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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Giant Basketball at the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
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Soccer field on the roof of the German Sports & Olympic Museum
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The German Sports & Olympia Museum is situated in a former 19th century bonded warehouse in the Cologne Rheinauhafen (Rhineau Harbour). The Rhine terrace with its view over the Serverin Bridge and the Deutz Rhine Bank** is unique.
In approx. 2 000 m2 of exhibition and event space covering two floors, the widest aspects of national, international and Olympic sports are comprehensively displayed in a permanent and transitory exhibitions. Subdivision into various concisely labelled segments allows visitors to plunge into the fascinating worlds of sports.
The permanent exhibition on the first floor of the museum takes the visitor through more than 2500 years of sporting history up to the present day. Starting with the roots of modern sports, the journey through time takes us from ancient Greece via the German gymnastic movement and English sport to the great athletes of today, such as Boris Becker, Steffi Graf, Nils Schumann, Michael Schumacher etc.. More than 3000 exhibits, film documentaries and numerous media stations will ensure the tour through the history of sports will become a special experience. The visitor will have the opportunity to actively participate at numerous locations in the museum.

Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum
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'Shoeless' Joe Jackson's original home
In 2006, Joe Jackson's original home was moved to a location adjacent to Fluor Field at the West End in downtown Greenville, South Carolina. The home was restored and opened in 2008 as the Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum and Baseball Library

National Horseshoe Pitchers Association Hall of Fame & Museum
The National Horseshoe Pitchers Association (NHPA) is the governing body of the sport of horseshoe pitching in the United States. The NHPA began annually inducting members to their Hall of Fame in 1965. The Hall of Fame members are honored in this museum, which opened on October 5, 2007. There are indoor and outdoor horseshoe courts at the museum.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum
Located in the south end of the infield. 30,000 square feet of display space featuring almost a century of racing history.
Bus tours of the speedway depart from this area.

Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory
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This is the place where the world famous Louisville Slugger Baseball Bats are made.

Olympic Museum Lausanne
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National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame
The National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame and museum for midget cars. The Hall of Fame is located at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, and can be accessed during weekly Sunday races during the summer.

British Columbia Golf Museum
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International Boxing Hall Of Fame

Honda Collection Hall
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The Honda Collection Hall is a transport museum housing a collection of Honda consumer- and racing-oriented artifacts. It is on the grounds of the Twin Ring Motegi race track located at Motegi, Japan. It opened in 1998.

Don Smith Collection
Once a year or so, Donald E. Smith opens the doors of his impressive vintage race car collection to the public in order to raise money for charity.
Smith is a distant relative of the Hulman George family who purchased and rescued the Indianapolis Motor Speedway after World War II ended. Smith maintained a close relationship with the Speedway as the CEO of Terre Haute First National Bank and First Financial Corp. Before entering the banking business in 1969, he worked as a racing promoter and organizer in the 50's and 60's at AAA and USAC sprint car and midget racing events.
Part of his huge collection is kept within five buildings located here. A new museum recently opened by his grandsons in downtown Terre Haute features more of Don's collection.

Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
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Musée National du Sport
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Site of the NASCAR Hall of Fame
Work began on the site of the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2007. It opened to the public in May 2010.
The Hall honors the greatest drivers and most influential people in stock car racing history. In addition to displaying items from the history of the sport, it features a theater, racing simulators, interactive exhibits, restaurants, gift shops, and media studios.

Camden Station
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Opened in 1856, Camden Station served as one of the passenger terminus for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the county’s first commercial railroad, in Baltimore.
The first blood of the Civil War was shed outside the station’s northern portals on Pratt Street. Union troops, on foot from the President Street station to Camden Station, clashed with angry southern sympathizers, leading to the first Civil War battle. Abraham Lincoln also passed through the building on several occasions, once on his way to Gettysburg.
In 1971, the B&O vacated what by then was America’s oldest big city train terminal in continuous use, and Camden Station was sold to the Maryland Stadium Authority, which had plans to integrate the station house along with the adjacent warehouse into the new stadium complex.
The Stadium Authority would refurbished the exterior, while the interior was gutted, for the opening of Oriole Park at Camden Yards in 1992. However the building would sit unused for more then a decade after Camden Yards until 2005 when, following a renovation, the station would reopen as a sports museum, Sports Legends at Camden Yards.

NHRA Motorsports Museum
The NHRA Motorsports Museum presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California is housed in a 28,500-square-foot Art Deco-styled building on the Fairplex in Pomona, Calif. The impressive entrance is guarded by a larger than life-size statue of NHRA Founder Wally Parks. The Museum is home to more than 80 historic vehicles representing drag racing and other forms of motorsports.

San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame
2008 marked the 50th anniversary of the Giants' move to San Francisco. As part of the golden anniversary, in September 23, 2008, 43 Giants were inaugurated into the San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame -- a living tribute to their greatest players.
The Giants Wall of Fame recognizes retired players whose records stand highest among their teammates on the basis of longevity and achievements.
Those honored have played a minimum of nine seasons for the San Francisco Giants, or five seasons with at least one All-Star selection as a Giant.

National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame
The National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame is a non-profit hall of fame for American drivers of Dirt Late Model racecars. It is located on the grounds of Florence Speedway, in Walton, Kentucky.

New Zealand Cricket Museum
The New Zealand Cricket Museum is the heritage arm of New Zealand Cricket based in the Old Grandstand at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, and houses a wealth of cricket treasures and artefacts.
It also has a research and lending library with an extensive range of cricket books. The New Zealand Cricket Museum Trust manages the museum in partnership with the Wellington Museums Trust and New Zealand Cricket.

International Motorsports Hall of Fame
The International Motorsports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame dedicated to enshrining those who have contributed the most to auto racing either as a driver, owner, developer or engineer. Although people of many nationalities have been inducted (including racing legends such as Fangio, Moss, Senna) the majority of inductees chosen by the American organization are American drivers who competed in domestic series (particularly NASCAR). The last driver to be inducted who was not an American national was Nigel Mansell in 2005.
It was founded in 1982 by Bill France, Sr., the founder of NASCAR, and is currently located in Talladega, Alabama, adjacent to Talladega Superspeedway.

National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum
This museum is located just outside of turn 2 of the Knoxville Raceway. It opened in 1991 and houses many vintage cars and exhibits showcasing the history of sprint car racing. The upper levels of the museum feature skybox seats overlooking the raceway.

Original Stanley Cup
Officially known as the 1892 Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, the original Stanley Cup is on display inside of a vault at the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 1892, Lord Stanley of Preston decided to create a trophy to award to the top amateur ice hockey team in Canada. This silver bowl was purchased in London, England by one of Stanley's aides.
Each year, the winning teams were allowed to engrave their players' names onto the Cup. It was eventually mounted on a small base, which grew in size over the years to make room for more engraved winners. As of 1910, the Cup has only been awarded to pro teams. In 1927, the NHL adopted the trophy as its own.
The original Cup was retired in 1970 and replaced with the Cup still used today.

FIS Ski Museum
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The ski museum was opened in 1993 by Noldi Beck, who originally came from Triesenberg. It presents the history of winter sport from its origins to the modern day.
Noldi Beck began collecting various winter sport items at the end of the eighties, in particular from the fields of downhill skiing and cross-country skiing, shoes, sticks, documentation, awards and much more. In 1993 he was able to present a part of his collection to the general public for the first time. The Ski Museum was born.

World Golf Hall of Fame
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Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
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GAA Museum
The GAA Museum, right in the heart of the stadium complex, is a living history of the country's most important sporting and cultural organisation. Complete with interactive elements, viewing theatre, archives and memorabilia spanning over a hundred years, a visit to the Museum is a memorable experience for anyone visiting Croke Park.

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
Also here is the American Jazz Museum in the same building (http://www.americanjazzmuseum.com)

40 foot long Muskie at the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame

Eagle River Stadium
Wisconsin's first indoor hockey arena was built in 1933. Architect Max Hanisch used a wooden lamella truss design for the domed roof. Renovations were done in 1963-64. The Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame has been located here since 1983. In 1994, the arena was added to the US National Register of Historic Places.

International Swimming Hall of Fame
The International Swimming Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit educational organization located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The mission of the International Swimming Hall of Fame is to be the world-wide focal point of swimming and its many disciplines.

Bob Feller Museum
Robert William Andrew "Bob" Feller (born November 3, 1918 in Van Meter, Iowa), nicknamed the "Heater from Van Meter", "Bullet Bob" and "Rapid Robert", is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, and is currently the longest tenured living Hall of Famer.
In 1995, the Bob Feller Museum opened in Van Meter, Iowa. It was designed by Feller's son Stephen, an architect. The land was donated by Brenton Banks. The museum is made up of two rooms which contain both Feller memorabilia and items from his personal collection.
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The Professional Football Hall of Fame
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World's Largest Shuffleboard Club
The "World's Largest Shuffleboard Club" promotes and sponsors year-round competitive and recreational outdoor shuffleboard play on 65 courts in sunny St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
Also home of the World Shuffleboard Hall of Fame.

500 Museum of Wheels
This auto racing museum opened in January 2009. It features a small part of the collection owned by Donald E. Smith.

Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame is a museum honors greatness in athletics in the state of Kansas.
The museum was founded in 1961 and has had several different homes over the years. Including the Class of 2007, there are 166 people enshrined in the museum. The list of Hall-of-Famers includes

International Surfing Museum

National Baseball Hall of Fame

Cruisin' Cafe

Skatelab (skatepark and museum)
The Skateboard Museum, inside Skatelab of California, is home to the Skateboarding Hall of Fame. Skatelab and its museum opened in 1997 and was originally built by Team Pain. Skatelab has a collection of over 5,000 vintage skateboards as well as skateboarding memorabilia.

National Softball Hall of Fame and Museum
National Softball Hall of Fame and Museum is a softball museum located in Oklahoma City's Adventure District. It includes the "Don E. Porter" Hall of Fame Stadium, home to the World Cup of Softball and the annual Women's College World Series. The Softball Hall of Fame is another hall of fame spot of softball located in Petersburg, Virginia.

Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame
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The museum is home to an extensive collection of historic documents and physical treasures which include extraordinary works of art, magnificent trophies, artifacts, books, statistical records, periodicals, films, videos, recordings and much polo memorabilia. It is dedicated to the preservation of the grand history and tradition of the sport of polo for the generations of the future.
The Hall of Fame at the Museum honors the heroes of the sport, each year inducting icons of the past and eligible living heroes of polo into the ranks of the great.

Suomen Urheilumuseo (Sport Museum of Finland)

Museu do Futebol (Museum of Football)
On September 29, 2008, the Museu do Futebol (Museum of Football) was inaugurated. It was created to tell the history of Brazilian football. The museum covers 6,900 square metres (1.7 acres), it was built at a cost of R$32.5 millions, and is located below the stadium's bleachers. The 680 workers hired to build the museum completed the construction in 13 months.

Santa Barbara Surfing Museum

Baseball Hall of Fame
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Museum located in the Norcross City Hall highlighting the local baseball heroes and teams since the town was founded.

National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
The National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on the campus of Oklahoma State University. The museum opened on September 11, 1976.
The museum operates purely by private donations. Six people from Oklahoma formed the Hall of Fame corporation: Myron Roderick, Dr. Melvin D. Jones, Ralph Ball, Robert L. McCormick, Bill Aufleger, and Veldo Brewer. Oklahoma State University, through its then-president, Dr. Robert B. Kamm, provided land – at no cost – with a 99-year renewable lease.

World Figure Skating Museum & Hall of Fame

Wisconsin Athletic Walk of Fame
Over 125 members of the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame are honored with plaques along the sidewalk east of the U.S. Cellular Arena. After the Hall of Fame was formed in 1951, a plaque for each member of the Hall was displayed inside of the Arena.
By the late 1990's, the Arena was running out of room for more plaques as the Hall's membership grew. In 2001, the plaques were moved to their new outdoor location where they could be viewed by everyone.

Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
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California Surf Museum

Unser Racing Museum
Four time Indy 500 winning driver Al Unser, Sr. and his wife Susan opened this motorsports museum in 2005. It not only showcases the story of the racing Unser family, but also features various exhibits from other forms of racing.
The museum was once an office building, which was purchased and renovated at a cost of $9 million. Unlike other automotive museums, the cars are not roped off, allowing visitors a closer view of the exhibits. Many displays feature an informative electronic kiosk.
Six different Unsers have raced in the Indy 500. Al, his brothers Jerry and Bobby, his son Al Jr., and his nephews Johnny and Robby.

Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum

Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame (future site)

Wayne Gretzky display
Several of ice hockey's greatest players are honoured with a display case at the Hockey Hall of Fame. Gretzky was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1999.
Widely considered to be the best player in the history of the sport, Gretzky rewrote the record books during his playing career. He played his rookie year in the World Hockey Association with Indianapolis and Edmonton. The next year, Edmonton was absorbed by the NHL after the WHA folded. He played nine more seasons with Edmonton before being traded to Los Angeles. He played almost eight seasons in LA and a short stint with St. Louis before finishing his career with three seasons with the New York Rangers, retiring in 1999. He finished his NHL career with 2,857 points, nearly 1,000 more than the second highest total (former teammate Mark Messier).
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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
On September 28, 2002, the current location of the Basketball Hall of Fame opened to the public. It is the third location to house the Hall of Fame.

2002 Lucky Loonie
At the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, a one dollar Canadian coin was placed below the ice surface at the centre of the rink. Those coins are nicknamed "loonies", as they have a loon (bird) on one side of the coin.
The ice surface was being prepared by a Canadian crew, and Trent Evans came up with the idea of hiding the coin under the ice as a good luck charm to the Canadian men's and women's teams. The coin did the trick, as both teams won the gold medal. The tradition has carried on in international competition ever since.
The coin was presented to Wayne Gretzky after the gold medal was won. It now resides at the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Lillehammer Art Museum
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Retired engravings from the Stanley Cup
Each year, the names of the winning team members are engraved onto the NHL's Stanley Cup. Over time, the Cup's base grew in size and shape to accommodate more names. Eventually, it was determined that the Cup could not keep on growing, so it was decided to remove and retire some of the older engraved metal sections.
The bottom half of the modern Stanley Cup features five bands, with each designed to contain the names of 13 champion teams. Every thirteen years, the top (oldest) band is retired and a new blank band is added to the bottom. The next band will be retired in 2017.

Wayne Gretzky's 802nd goal display
On March 23, 1994, Wayne Gretzky broke the record for the most career goals in NHL history. Playing for the LA Kings, he one-timed a cross-ice pass from Marty McSorely past Vancouver Canucks goaltender Kirk McLean.
Gretzky's childhood idol, Gordie Howe, held the NHL record of 801. Gretzky extended the record to 894 by the time he retired in 1999. However, if goals scored in the defunct World Hockey Association are included, Howe leads Gretzky 975 to 940.
This display at the Hockey Hall of Fame features 802 hockey pucks, as well as the puck, stick, gloves, helmet, and net used in setting that record.

Curt Göranssons Truckracing Volvo N12. And museum
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European champion Curt Göranssons huge
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his race.
Exhibition and cafe.

Michigan Science Center & Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
The Michigan Science Center is a science museum in Detroit, Michigan. It was known as the Detroit Science Center before closing in 2011. It reopened in December 2012 under the new name.
The Science Center has Michigan’s only Chrysler IMAX Dome Theatre; the Dassault Systèmes Planetarium; the DTE Energy Sparks Theater; the Chrysler Science Stage; an 8,700-square-foot (810 m2) Science Hall for traveling exhibits; hands-on exhibit galleries focusing on space, life and physical science; the United States Steel Fun Factory; an exhibit gallery just for pint-size scientists; and a Special Events Lobby.
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America is a Hall of Fame and museum for American motorsports legends. It was originally located in Novi, Michigan and it moved to the Detroit Science Center in 2009.

United States Hockey Hall of Fame Museum

Turner Cup
The Turner Cup was awarded annually to the championship winning team of the International Hockey League (IHL) from 1945-2001. The IHL was a minor ice hockey league predominantly based in the Midwestern United States. The league began expanding in the 1980's with additional teams located in the western and southern US and two Canadian cities.
The trophy was named after Joe Turner, a young goaltender who was killed in World War II. Just before serving with the US Army, he played in his first and only NHL game with the Detroit Red Wings. The Cup currently resides alongside several other retired trophies in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Water Ski Hall of Fame

Texas Surf Museum

The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
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Volleyball Hall of Fame

Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and Museum

Sports Museum of America

Eddie Shore display
Several of ice hockey's greatest players are honoured with a display case at the Hockey Hall of Fame. Shore was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1947.
Shore began his pro career by playing two seasons in the Western Canada Hockey League in Regina and Edmonton. When that league folded, he was dealt to Boston, where he played with the Bruins for over 13 seasons. He won the Hart Trophy (NHL's MVP honours) four times, the most ever by a defenceman. Shore's legacy is also defined by his sheer toughness. In his second season, he broke the record for the most penalty minutes in a season.
Near the end of his playing career, he purchased the Springfield (MA) Indians minor league team. He owned the team from 1939-76.

Jim Paek hoisting the Turner Cup
On June 5, 1999, the Houston Aeros defeated the Orlando Solar Bears in the seventh game of the International Hockey League's (IHL) Turner Cup Final. It was the first season championship for the minor league hockey franchise.
In this photo on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame, veteran defenceman Jim Paek is celebrating with the Turner Cup trophy. Paek was the first Korean-born person to play in the NHL. His pro career spanned from 1987-2003. While he spent most of his career in the minor leagues, he did play 217 NHL games with the Pittsburgh Penguins, LA Kings, and Ottawa Senators.
After his playing career ended, Paek became a minor league coach. He has recently accepted the job as director of South Korea's Olympic hockey program. The country hosts the 2018 games and has never qualified a team in Olympic ice hockey history.
The Houston Aeros existed from 1994-2013. The team moved to Des Moines in 2013 after they were unable to come to a lease agreement with Houston's Toyota Center.

Eesti Spordimuuseum (Estonian Sports Museum)

International Hockey Hall of Fame
Founded on September 10, 1943 and incorporated as a non-profit charity by the National Hockey League and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. By 1958, NHL President Clarence Campbell announced that the NHL is withdrawing their support for the International Hockey Hall of Fame in Kingston to establish the NHL Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. Despite this major setback, the Board of Directors of the International Hockey Hall of Fame moved forward. In 1962, a grant was awarded by the City of Kingston for the construction of a new building. In 1965 the International Hockey Hall of Fame moved into their new building located on the Memorial Centre grounds in Kingston. In 1969, the NHL and the NHL Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto made unsuccessful overtures to obtain the IHHOF exhibits and the rights to the name “International Hockey Hall of Fame”.

Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Profesional de México

The National Football Museum

Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum

Stanley Cup at the Hockey Hall of Fame
Whenever the authentic Stanley Cup is out of the building on official business, a replica Cup is placed on display at the Hall of Fame.

Motorcycle Hall of Fame
The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum is an offshoot of the American Motorcyclist Association that recognizes individuals who have contributed to motorcycle sport, motorcycle construction and motorcycling in general. It displays motorcycles and riding gear and memorabilia. The museum is located in Pickerington, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, United States.

U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame
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Basketball Hall of Fame (former location)
On June 30, 1985, the Basketball Hall of Fame opened in this building. It was the second location that housed the Hall of Fame. In 2002, it moved to a new building just to the south of here.
The original Hall of Fame was established in 1959 and was located at the nearby Springfield College.
Today, the heavily remodeled building is home to a fitness center and restaurant.

U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame

Borussia Dortmund logo
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This Borussia Dortmund logo is inside the Borusseum which is dedicated to the culture and history of the club.
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NHL's Presidents' Trophy
The Presidents' Trophy is awarded annually to the NHL team with the best regular season record. It was first awarded in 1986. It is seen here on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame.

New Zealand Rugby Museum

Velorama, Nationaal Fietsmuseum (National Bicycle Museum)