To kick off the new "Olympic Bob Run" exhibition at the Museum of Transport in Lucerne, visitors can set a best time on a bobsleigh push track. Or experience a skeleton race up close - lying on your stomach with virtual reality goggles in front of your eyes.
They were (or still are) all medallists in bobsleigh and skeleton who met at the Swiss Museum of Transport on Thursday afternoon to open the new exhibition: Marcel Rohner, Reto Götschi, Ivo Rüegg, Gregor Stähli, Hans Hiltebrand and Marina Gilardoni.
You rarely see so many "medal-winning athletes" in one place, said Guido Ratti, long-time speaker at the Olympic Bob Run in St. Moritz-Celerina at the opening ceremony.
The bobsleigh push track and the skeleton simulator, which allows visitors to experience what it's like to whizz through an ice channel upside down and headfirst at speeds of up to 145 km/h thanks to virtual reality goggles, will be available at the Museum of Transport until Sunday.
These two attractions open the door to the new permanent exhibition entitled "Olympia Bob Run", which is housed on the first floor of the Shipping, Cableways and Tourism Hall.
At the centre of the exhibition is the only remaining natural ice bobsleigh run and also the oldest bobsleigh run in the world, which is located in St. Moritz. It was built in 1904 and is an important cultural asset in Swiss sporting history.
In the new themed area, visitors can grind their own bobsleigh runners, and there is a cutaway model of a 4-man bobsleigh on display, as well as a vintage bobsleigh. Visitors can also sit in a bobsleigh and have their photo taken in the starting area of a race track. You can also read about the history of bobsleigh track construction and its influence on tourism in the Engadin.
Source: Blick
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