{{Short description|Sports museum in Zurich, Switzerland}} {{Infobox museum | name = FIFA Museum | native_name = | native_name_lang = | logo = | logo_upright = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = FIFA World Football Museum - panoramio.jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = Museum exterior | coordinates = {{coord|47.363509|8.531749|display=title,inline}} | former_name = | established = {{Start date|2016|02|28|df=y}} | location = [[Zurich]], [[Switzerland]] | type = Sports museum | accreditation = | key_holdings = | collections = | collection_size = | visitors = | founder = | director = Marco Fazzone | president = | chairperson = | curator = | historian = | owner = [[FIFA]] | public_transit = [[Zürich Enge railway station]] | parking = | network = | website = {{URL|http://www.fifamuseum.com/|fifamuseum.com}} | embedded = }}
The '''FIFA Museum''' is an [[association football]] museum operated by [[FIFA]]. The museum is located in [[Zurich]], Switzerland, across town from the [[FIFA headquarters]]. It opened on 28 February 2016. The project, costing over SFr500 million ($563m), is currently{{When|date=July 2022}} under investigation for "suspected criminal mismanagement".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=|title=Fifa files criminal complaint over world football museum|work=[[Financial Times]]|url=https://www.ft.com/content/ae262ced-824c-4b29-bf56-bb0bd1df4e4e|access-date=}}</ref>
==Exhibits and amenities==
The {{convert|3,500|sqm|sqft|abbr=on|adj=mid}} museum occupies the lower three floors of the renovated Haus zur Enge, a ten-story [[mixed-use development|mixed-use]] building located in the [[Enge (Zurich)|Enge quarter]], across from the [[Zurich Enge railway station]] and the FIFA-owned Hotel Ascot. The building also contains a [[sports bar]], a [[bistro]], a [[café]], a library, a museum shop and conference rooms; the upper floors have [[office building|office spaces]] and 34 luxury [[apartment]]s.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ruiz |first=Rebecca C. |date=23 February 2016 |title=FIFA: Hotelier, Landlord and, Yes, Soccer Overseer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/24/sports/soccer/fifa-museum-apartments-zurich-sepp-blatter.html |newspaper=The New York Times |accessdate=28 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About Us: Building |url=http://www.fifamuseum.com/about/building/ |publisher=FIFA World Football Museum |accessdate=28 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=January 2015 |title=FIFA World Football Museum Fact Sheet |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/50/62/72/fifaworldfootballmuseum_factsheet_jan2015_neutral.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302013731/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/50/62/72/fifaworldfootballmuseum_factsheet_jan2015_neutral.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 2, 2016 |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=28 February 2016}}</ref>
The museum exhibits over one thousand objects. These include memorabilia from every [[FIFA World Cup]] and [[FIFA Women's World Cup]], the most famous one being the original [[FIFA World Cup Trophy]]. The exhibition features various interactive and multimedia installations such as the biggest pinball machine ever made and an audiovisual media installation called ''Visions of Football'' using {{Convert|8|m|ft}} [[LED]] screens. In 2017, the museum was nominated for the [[German Design Award]].<ref>{{cite web |title=German Design Award Nominee 2017 |url=http://www.german-design-award.com/die-gewinner/galerie/detail/8092-fifa-world-football-museum.html |accessdate=21 March 2018}}</ref>
Every year, the museum participates in Zurich's [[Long Night of Museums]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Zürich's Long Night of Museums |url=http://www.fifamuseum.com/exhibitions-and-events/events/zurich-s-long-night-of-museums/ |accessdate=21 March 2018}}</ref>
==History==
Plans for a museum dedicated to the 'history of world football' to be located in Zurich were proposed by then-FIFA president [[Sepp Blatter]] and the [[FIFA Executive Committee]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite press release |date=18 April 2012 |title=FIFA plans football museum |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2012/m=4/news=fifa-plans-football-museum-1617043.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512082139/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2012/m=4/news=fifa-plans-football-museum-1617043.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 12, 2015 |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=28 February 2016}}</ref> In April 2013, FIFA signed a 40-year lease with [[Swiss Life]] for the Haus zur Enge, which would be dismantled and rebuilt to house the museum; an earlier proposal would have had a museum on the grounds of the FIFA headquarters.<ref>{{cite press release |date=25 April 2013 |title=Symbolic act from FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter launches FIFA museum project |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2013/m=4/news=symbolic-act-from-fifa-president-joseph-blatter-launches-fifa-museum-pro-2063900.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512083346/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2013/m=4/news=symbolic-act-from-fifa-president-joseph-blatter-launches-fifa-museum-pro-2063900.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 12, 2015 |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=28 February 2016}}</ref> The City of Zurich Building Authority approved planning permission for the museum in November 2013.<ref>{{cite press release |date=23 May 2014 |title=Construction approval granted for FIFA World Football Museum |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2014/m=5/news=construction-approval-granted-for-fifa-world-football-museum-2343250.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512081116/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2014/m=5/news=construction-approval-granted-for-fifa-world-football-museum-2343250.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 12, 2015 |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=28 February 2016}}</ref>
Construction on the renovated Haus zur Enge began in 2014 and was completed in December 2015.<ref>{{cite press release |date=12 January 2016 |title=FIFA World Football Museum: Opening date set |url=http://www.fifamuseum.com/about/media/press-releases/fifa-world-football-museum-opening-date-set-2609751/ |publisher=FIFA World Football Museum |accessdate=28 February 2016}}</ref>
The museum opened on 28 February 2016, during a ceremony presided by the newly elected president of FIFA, [[Gianni Infantino]].<ref>{{cite press release |date=28 February 2016 |title=FIFA World Football Museum celebrates opening |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2016/m=2/news=fifa-welt-fussball-museum-feierlich-eroffnet-2767445-2767459.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229100408/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2016/m=2/news=fifa-welt-fussball-museum-feierlich-eroffnet-2767445-2767459.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 29, 2016 |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=28 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Homewood |first=Brian |date=28 February 2016 |title=Infantino opens FIFA museum, says reforms are priority |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-fifa-museum-idUSKCN0W10M3 |work=[[Reuters]] |accessdate=28 February 2016}}</ref>
On 22 December 2020, FIFA launched legal action against its former president Sepp Blatter for "suspected criminal mismanagement". Despite costing over SFr500 million ($563m), the museum made only $3m of Fifa's $766m 2019 overall revenues.<ref name=":0" />
==See also== *[[List of museums in Switzerland]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.fifamuseum.com/ Official website] {{Portal bar|Association football||History|Sports|Switzerland}}
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