SKI AND WINTERSPORT MUSEUM LIECHTENSTEIN
Noldi Beck’s Collection in Vaduz
It has been
noted as a curious factoid that Liechtenstein has won more Olympic
Medals
per capita than any other country. Nine to be precise,
all in Winter Olympics Alpine skiing, with over half of those medals
won by just two skiers, brother and sister Hanni and Andreas Wenzel,
but with Liechtenstein’s being Europe’s 4th smallest country
with winter snows just out the back door at its single ski resort of
Malbun, the per capita average is easy to understand. Liechtenstein’s
history in skiing and indeed all of winter sports past and present can
be explored at the Ski and Wintersport Museum in Liechtenstein.
Noldi
Beck, a former ski racer, instructor, and service engineer for Olympic
champion
Hanni
Wenzel, began his fascination with ski equipment
when he first began his collection with a discarded Tyrolia 57 ski binding
tossed from a work bench at the ski gear store of Erwin Risch. Beginning
at the end of the 1980s Noldi Beck started collecting in earnest, and
first opened his Ski Museum in 1993. The collection has grown to over
1,000 exhibits of skis, bindings, bobsleds, snowshoes, ski 
manufacturing
equipment, ski clothing, racing gear, uniforms, mountain climbing gear,
photos, medals and memorabilia. The museum tells the story of skiing
from prehistoric times - the museum has original rubbings from prehistoric
rocks showing people on skis - to the beginning of sport skiing in the
1800s to the present. Hanni Wenzel’s three gold medal winning Olympic
outfit from Lake Placid in 1980 is on display along with the starting
numbers of other international ski stars, their medals and prize cups.
In
2001, the ski museum moved to a new location in Spörry just
outside Vaduz next to the distinctive Liechtenstein Hochschul. The collection
takes up three floors of the modern buildings, covering the walls and
filling every corner. Noldi Beck will gladly give a guided tour of his
museum and loves to talk about his remarkable collection and all he knows
about skiing, although Herr Beck does not speak much English, so unless
you’re up to speed in German, you may have enjoy the museum without
live commentary. The Ski and Wintersport Museum in Liechtenstein is open
from 2pm to 6pm Monday to Friday. Admission is 4 euro (6 chf). Other
times can be arranged for groups or special occasions. © Bargain
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