Museum of the History of the Olympic Games of antiquity

This small museum off of the main street in Olympia city, hosts a bunch of artifacts from the modern Olympics, including the silk-lined box in which they transported Pierre de Coubertin’s heart to be buried in Olympia in 1939.

Lots of photos and documents from the revival period and a nice summary of each host city for all summer and some of winter games.

Its collections contain:

• a collection of terracottas (prehistoric, Archaic and Classical periods)
• a collection of bronzes
• a collection of sculptures (Archaic upto the Roman periods)
• a collection from the Olympic Games.