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Philip G. Wolff Endowment
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Keeping the Flame AliveThe only official Olympic museum in the United States, the Lake Placid Olympic Museum features the largest collection of winter Olympic artifacts outside the International Olympic Committee's (IOC's) museum in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Started by the community in the days prior to the 1980 Winter Olympics, the museum organizes, produces and promotes programs that provide educational experiences to local residents and visitors from around the world.
Here at the birthplace of America's first Olympic Games and later the site of the Miracle on Ice, America's most famous Olympic moment, we tell the stories of those who organize, compete and believe in the spirit of the Olympics.
The Future is Now
The museum has begun an exciting new facility; the International Sliding Sports Museum (ISSM) and Science Park located at the Olympic Sports Complex at Mt. Van Hoevenberg.
The first of its kind anywhere in the world, ISSM will feature the history, science, and technology of the sliding sports of bobsled, luge and skeleton at the home of American sliding sports and where current and future Olympians from around the world train and compete.
The museum is in the planning stage for additional winter sport annexes.
Continuing Phil's LegacyOlympic organizer, community leader and the oldest licensed bobsled driver in America, Phil Wolff was a founder of the Lake Placid Olympic Museum. His vision was to expand the museum's outreach to youth, showing them what people from all nations, committed to excellence, are able to accomplish together.
The museum's Endowment has been named the Lake Placid Olympic Museum Philip G. Wolff Endowment to honor his memory and his many contributions to the museum's success.
Why an Endowment Fund?
Each year, thousands of visitors of all ages encounter Olympic history first-hand at the Lake Placid Olympic Museum. They attend programs, view exhibits, conduct research, connect with the powerful impact of Miracle on Ice, and trace the history of the Olympic movement.
The Lake Placid Olympic Museum Philip G. Wolff Endowment is a permanent source of funds to support the mission of the museum. Your gifts will be held in perpetuity, invested wisely and earn income annually during your lifetime and for many years to come. Gifts to the Endowment are wonderful investments in the museum, its future, and our community.
Your Gift Keeps on GivingThe Endowment supports museum-wide needs. It supports activities not funded by other sources, and helps maintain and preserve the valuable historic artifacts we share with our community. The Endowment enables the museum to obtain matching funds for exciting new educational projects that benefit area students. It also helps us attract substantial corporate gifts that are essential to expanding our mission.
How Can I Contribute?
You may make a contribution to the Endowment using the attached form. If you prefer to make a larger pledge payable over one to two years, we will be happy to invoice your payments.
Secure online donation:
All gifts to the fund will be acknowledged with a receipt of donation, and donors of more than $1,000 will be recognized on the Endowment Wall at the museum entrance.
The museum is a 501(c)(3) Corporation and your donation to the Lake Placid Olympic Museum Philip G. Wolff Endowment is tax deductible under IRS guidelines.
Make a gift to the Lake Placid Olympic Museum Philip G. Wolff Endowment today. It takes just a few minutes, and helps us bring alive the stories, history, and heroes of the Winter Olympics for people around the world.
For more information:
phone: 518-302-5326
email: museum@orda.org
