Museu Olímpic i de l'Esport Joan Antoni Samaranch — Attraction in Barcelona

Interesting exhibits with a lot to see however needs improvements/updates. Could be an A+ museum with some updates. Perhaps things are lost in translation but Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and others were not known as the "3 Monsters", Basketball was invented in the USA (even if Naismith was born and raised in Canada), while very talented with a great career I don't believe Mia Hamm is the greatest soccer/football player in history. There is very little on the winners for the 92 Olympics that aren't of Spanish/Catalan descent. Only a small blurb and fuzzy picture of the Dream Team, however there is a giant picture and a video of Joe Montana playing in the Super Bowl (American Football is not an Olympic sport). The admission price was very reasonable though (5.10 in Euros) and it was very quiet and not at all...

The lady who did our guided tour was very rude. We said we'd had trouble finding the museum and she rudely asked us if we had heard of Google. She was also rude to our driver when he asked how long we would be. We had a guided tour and the same lady spoke so quietly that we could not hear her. She then accused the students of not listening even though we physically couldn't hear her. When we said we couldn't hear she asked if we were accusing her of being bad at her job and said it was the students who were not listening. Very uncomfortable and confrontational. We decided it was the best thing for our group to shorten the tour as it was so difficult to participate in. The lady's...

Great museum, very interesting. We learned a lot about sport, from the history of sport in general to more specific details and bios about the big stars. Lots of photos, artefacts, information. Each of the big sports has a little section. You can challenge yourself against Olympic statistics in running, high jump, long jump etc. It's free on the Barcelona City card and near a ho-ho stop. Hard to find though....walk about 100m past the Olympic Stadium and turn right. It has a vending machine with...