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National Football Museum
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'''The National Football Museum''' is a
museum in
Preston,
England, founded to preserve, conserve and interpret several important collections of
association football memorabilia.
Image:NFMLogo.JPG Thumb|300px|right|The National Football Museum Logo. Includes a tan-coloured "T-Ball" football.
=Collections=
Located at the
Deepdale stadium in
Preston, the museum opened in June
2001. It is an independent
charity holding the following collections:
* The
FIFA Museum Collection
* The
Football Association Collection
* The
Football League Collection
* The
Wembley Stadium Collection.
* The
FIFA Book Collection
* The People’s Collection
* The
Preston North End FC Collection
* The
Harry Langton Collection
* The
Sir Stanley Matthews Collection
* The
Littlewoods Collection
At any time, around 2,000 items from the Museum’s collections are on display, with a further 30,000 items held. Key items include:
* The ball from the first
World Cup Final in
1930.
* The ball from the
1966 World Cup Final.
* The unique replica of the
Jules Rimet Trophy, made in secret by the
FA in
1966 after the original was stolen, and paraded by the England players at the World Cup Final in 1966.
* The England captain’s jersey and cap from the world’s first official international football match, England v Scotland, in 1872.
* The world’s oldest women’s football kit, from the 1890s.
Research
The National Football Museum, in partnership with the
University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), has launched the
International Football Institute (IFI). The IFI's purpose is to "undertake research on all aspects of football and make this research available to the widest possible audience".
=Exhibitions=
Many exhibits are loaned to museums in the UK and artefacts have been loaned to exhibitions in Germany, Portugal, Switzerland and Belgium. The Museum has worked in partnership with UEFA to create the UEFA Jubilee Exhibition, which opened in the European Parliament in Brussels, before moving to the National Football Museum. The Museum also worked with UEFA to create the world’s first exhibition dedicated to women’s football, to coincide with the UEFA Euro 2005 Women’s Championship. To mark the FIFA 2006 World Cup the museum is working with partners to develop exhibitions in China, Hong Kong, Japan and Germany.
=Visitors=
The museum is a premier visitor attraction in Preston, and with free entry it attracts football fans from across the world. Between July 2004 and June 2005 the museum attracted 107,000 visitors and had just over 19,000 children in the Museum's education and outreach programmes. The Museum received the award of Large Visitor Attraction of the Year, at the 2005/06 Lancashire and Blackpool Tourism Awards.
=Publications=
The Museum has made the following publications:
* Eyewitness Football, published by Dorling Kindersley: Sold over 50,000 copies worldwide and has been revised and updated for a paperback edition
*Football's Greatest Heroes: The National Football Museum Hall of Fame, published by Robson Books: Book based on the
English Football Hall of Fame Hall of Fame.
=Praise=
*
Joseph Blatter, the President of
FIFA commented:, “The National Football Museum merits my admiration as a footballer and as the President of FIFA – it is a superb realisation, a real jewel!�
*“I can’t think of a better Museum anywhere in the world.�
Bobby Charlton Sir Bobby Charlton, President of The National Football Museum
=Also See=
English Football Hall of Fame which is housed at the museum
=External links=
-
Official website
-
International Football Institute
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Category:Preston
Category:Sport in Lancashire
Category:Visitor attractions in Lancashire
Category:Sports museums in the United Kingdom
Category:National museums Football Museum
Category:Museums in England
Category:History of English football
Category:Football in England
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