Paris 1924-2024: do the Olympic Games hold up a mirror to society?
As the Paris 2024 Olympic Games approach, many museums are mobilizing to create exhibitions linked to this major event, each with its own theme! The Paris branch of the Shoah Memorial is looking at the values and prejudices surrounding sport through a free exhibition that opened on March 29, 2024.
One hundred years after the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, France is preparing to host this exceptional international event again this summer. The Shoah Memorial, where the Olympic flame will make a symbolic stopover on July 14, offers a journey through these decades of evolution through the prism of the Olympic Games, a reflection of the society of their time. The exhibition, open to visitors free of charge from the end of March to July 2024, highlights the issue of prejudice and discrimination, offering a unique opportunity to observe the changes that have taken place over the course of a century.
Through emblematic images of sporting competitions, archive documents, films, excerpts from the specialist press and personal accounts, this exhibition traces the history of the Olympic Games and their values, which have evolved over the years, focusing on the 1936, 1968 and 1972 editions. Despite the principles set out in the Olympic Charter, which advocate the practice of sport without discrimination, certain categories of the population, notably women, were excluded from the Games for many years.
Access
Access for the disabled
Main entrance: 17 rue Geoffroy-l’Asnier, 75004 Paris
Bus 96, 69, 76, 67, Balabus
Metro line 1: Saint-Paul or Hôtel-de-Ville
Line 7: Pont-Marie
Underground parking
Admission
Museum: Free admission
Temporary exhibition: Free admission
