An extensive skiing and Winter Olympics artifacts collections will soon be displayed at The SNOW Sports Museum at Boatworks at Lake Tahoe in Tahoe City.
The exhibits include the Batiste Family collection of memorabilia from the 1960 Winter Olympics, including artifacts from Walt Disney; 19th-Century longboard ski reproductions and authentic waxing artifacts from the Craig Beck collection; and vintage skiing equipment from Auburn Ski Club collection.
Also featured is the photo collection of Official Olympic Photographer Bill Briner and a scale model reproduction of historic Blyth Arena where the American hockey team first won gold in 1960. The first exhibits will be presented by early April. | thesnowmuseum.org
