International Swimming Hall of Fame

The International Swimming Hall of Fame is an international archive museum located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It showcases water sports, namely achievements in synchronized swimming, water polo, diving and swimming, the largest aquatic collection of memorabilia in the world.

The museum was established in 1965, honouring world class aquatic athletes to encourage and inspire youth as they strive to be the best. In fact, the museum is part of a major complex with a large hall for exhibitions, covering about seven thousand feet squared. With more than forty displays and exhibits, the museum has endeavoured to recognize the best of the best from all countries. Exhibits include certificates, diplomas, badges, pins, medals, bathing suits, warm up clothing, uniforms, the world's 1st automatic machine for race timing and starting blocks from sixty international, national and Olympic water sports competitions.

Varied programs in the museum's theatre highlight all aspects of water type sporting achievements and water safety. Varied films cover inductees, the hall itself, the Olympics and biographies of the world's most famous inductees.

The International Swimming Hall of Fame also has the world's biggest aquatic papers and books collection, found within its library. Most importantly, visitors can visit it daily from nine am until five pm and enjoy its nearby aquatic complex with varied swimming facilities, including a swimming type flume, 2 fifty metre pools and a massive diving well.