FIFA Museum
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| location = Zürich, Switzerland
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The FIFA Museum is an association football museum operated by FIFA. The museum is located in Zürich, Switzerland, across town from the FIFA headquarters. It opened on 28 February 2016. The project, costing over SFr500 million ($563m), is currently{{When|date=July 2022}} under investigation for "suspected criminal mismanagement".{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=|title=Fifa files criminal complaint over world football museum|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/ae262ced-824c-4b29-bf56-bb0bd1df4e4e|access-date=}}
Exhibits and amenities
The {{convert|3,500|sqm|sqft|abbr=on|adj=mid}} museum occupies the lower three floors of the renovated Haus zur Enge, a ten-story mixed-use building located in the Enge quarter, across from the Zürich Enge railway station and the FIFA-owned Hotel Ascot. The building also contains a sports bar, a bistro, a café, a library, a museum shop and conference rooms; the upper floors have office spaces and 34 luxury apartments.{{cite news |last=Ruiz |first=Rebecca C. |date=23 February 2016 |title=FIFA: Hotelier, Landlord and, Yes, Soccer Overseer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/24/sports/soccer/fifa-museum-apartments-zurich-sepp-blatter.html |newspaper=The New York Times |accessdate=28 February 2016}}{{cite web |title=About Us: Building |url=http://www.fifamuseum.com/about/building/ |publisher=FIFA World Football Museum |accessdate=28 February 2016}}{{cite web |date=January 2015 |title=FIFA World Football Museum Fact Sheet |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/50/62/72/fifaworldfootballmuseum_factsheet_jan2015_neutral.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302013731/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/50/62/72/fifaworldfootballmuseum_factsheet_jan2015_neutral.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 2, 2016 |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=28 February 2016}}
The museum exhibits over one thousand objects. These include memorabilia from every FIFA World Cup and FIFA Women's World Cup, the most famous one being the original FIFA World Cup Trophy. The exhibition features various interactive and multimedia installations such as the biggest pinball machine ever made and an audiovisual media installation called Visions of Football using {{Convert|8|m|ft}} LED screens. In 2017, the museum was nominated for the German Design Award.{{cite web |title=German Design Award Nominee 2017 |url=http://www.german-design-award.com/die-gewinner/galerie/detail/8092-fifa-world-football-museum.html |accessdate=21 March 2018}}
Every year, the museum participates in Zürich's Long Night of Museums.{{cite web |title=Zürich's Long Night of Museums |url=http://www.fifamuseum.com/exhibitions-and-events/events/zurich-s-long-night-of-museums/ |accessdate=21 March 2018}}
History
Plans for a museum dedicated to the 'history of world football' to be located in Zürich were proposed by then-FIFA president Sepp Blatter and the FIFA Executive Committee in 2012.{{cite press release |date=18 April 2012 |title=FIFA plans football museum |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2012/m=4/news=fifa-plans-football-museum-1617043.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512082139/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2012/m=4/news=fifa-plans-football-museum-1617043.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 12, 2015 |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=28 February 2016}} In April 2013, FIFA signed a 40-year lease with Swiss Life for the Haus zur Enge, which would be dismantled and rebuilt to house the museum; an earlier proposal would have had a museum on the grounds of the FIFA headquarters.{{cite press release |date=25 April 2013 |title=Symbolic act from FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter launches FIFA museum project |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2013/m=4/news=symbolic-act-from-fifa-president-joseph-blatter-launches-fifa-museum-pro-2063900.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512083346/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2013/m=4/news=symbolic-act-from-fifa-president-joseph-blatter-launches-fifa-museum-pro-2063900.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 12, 2015 |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=28 February 2016}} The City of Zürich Building Authority approved planning permission for the museum in November 2013.{{cite press release |date=23 May 2014 |title=Construction approval granted for FIFA World Football Museum |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2014/m=5/news=construction-approval-granted-for-fifa-world-football-museum-2343250.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512081116/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2014/m=5/news=construction-approval-granted-for-fifa-world-football-museum-2343250.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 12, 2015 |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=28 February 2016}}
Construction on the renovated Haus zur Enge began in 2014 and was completed in December 2015.{{cite press release |date=12 January 2016 |title=FIFA World Football Museum: Opening date set |url=http://www.fifamuseum.com/about/media/press-releases/fifa-world-football-museum-opening-date-set-2609751/ |publisher=FIFA World Football Museum |accessdate=28 February 2016}}
The museum opened on 28 February 2016, during a ceremony presided by the newly elected president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino.{{cite press release |date=28 February 2016 |title=FIFA World Football Museum celebrates opening |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2016/m=2/news=fifa-welt-fussball-museum-feierlich-eroffnet-2767445-2767459.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229100408/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2016/m=2/news=fifa-welt-fussball-museum-feierlich-eroffnet-2767445-2767459.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 29, 2016 |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=28 February 2016}}{{cite news |last=Homewood |first=Brian |date=28 February 2016 |title=Infantino opens FIFA museum, says reforms are priority |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-fifa-museum-idUSKCN0W10M3 |work=Reuters |accessdate=28 February 2016}}
On 22 December 2020, FIFA launched legal action against its former president Sepp Blatter for "suspected criminal mismanagement". Despite costing over SFr500 million ($563m), the museum made only $3m of Fifa's $766m 2019 overall revenues.
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External links
- [http://www.fifamuseum.com/ Official website] {{Portal bar|Association football||History|Sports|Switzerland}}
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Category:Association football museums and halls of fame
Category:Football in Switzerland
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