Heritage Mile Night, Monaco, 22 November

World Athletics Heritage Mile Night - Monaco, November 2019

World Athletics Heritage Mile Night - historical timeline

World Athletics Heritage Plaque announcements - Heritage Mile Night, 2019

Athlete Ambassadors visit the Heritage Exhibition in Doha

Sebastian Coe and Thomas Bach visit the Heritage Exhibition in Doha

Video tour - Heritage World Athletics Championships Exhibition, Doha 2019

Heritage World Athletics Championships Exhibition, Doha

Heritage Cross Country Display Aarhus

Museum of World Athletics | Galleries & Video

2019 galleries

<h1 style="color: #1e1e1e; text-align: center;">WELCOME TO THE MUSEUM OF WORLD ATHLETICS</h1>
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<p>The Museum of World Athletics&trade;, or MOWA, is a 3D fully virtual museum of athletics, which will take you on an interactive journey through the history of athletics, highlighting many of the legends of the sport.<br /><br />MOWA is the first sports museum to be established in the digital world, bringing a new level of innovation and creative technologies to the world of sport. The museum gives visitors a unique 3D online experience, highlighting key athletics champions from each continent, and celebrating each edition of the World Athletics Championships.<br /><br />Through realistic interactive content, including state-of-the-art 360 photographic reproduction of items donated by the athletes, MOWA&rsquo;s four galleries bring to life the stories of athletics.<br /><br />Among the exhibits are competition items &ndash; clothing, shoes, trophies and equipment &ndash; donated by or own behalf of many of the greatest athletes in history, including Paavo Nurmi, Jesse Owens, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Herb Elliott, Irena Szewinska, Carl Lewis, Marie-Jose Perec, Michael Johnson, Jan Zelezny, Allyson Felix, Usain Bolt, Valerie Adams and many more.<br /><br />The Museum of World Athletics is free to access and is available with text commentary in English, French and Spanish.</p>

MOWA - Close Up

<h1 style="color: #1e1e1e; text-align: center;">Attention athletes! Honour our history.</h1>
<h1 style="color: #1e1e1e; text-align: center;">Contribute to the collection</h1>
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<p style="text-align: center;">We actively encourage all world and Olympic finalists and world record-breakers to donate items of clothing, shoes and equipment to the World Athletics Heritage Collection which is displayed in MOWA.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Please contact <a style="color: #ff873c;" href="mailto:MOWA@worldathletics.org">MOWA@worldathletics.org</a> to find out how your career can be featured in the museum.</p>
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Latest Plaques

Exhibition catalogues and Centenary celebrations

'A Magical Athletics Journey' MOWA comic book - view ebook

'A Magical Athletics Journey' MOWA comic book - PDF download

50 Years of the World Athletics Cross Country Championships (2023)

Progression of World Athletics Records (2020 edition)

IAAF Centenary 2012 E-Book

Swedish Central Association for the Promotion of Athletics (SCIF)

Museo del Deporte

Quick Links

IAAF Heritage concept document

INVENTORY - IAAF Centenary Historic Exhibition 2012

COLLECTION: “Athletics from Ancient Times to the end of the 19th Century” catalogue

The Beginning of the IAAF: A Study of its Background and Foundation

INVENTORY - IAAF Heritage World / Continental Cup - 1977 to 2018 - Exhibition (Ostrava 2018)