The MOWA exhibition in Glasgow in 2024
There are two weeks to go until the opening of the MOWA Indoor Athletics Exhibition, a month-long celebration of indoor track & field staged in partnership with the local organising committee of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26 and TORUŃ PLAZA, the region’s largest shopping centre.
The exhibition opens on Friday 20 February and runs through to Sunday 22 March 2026, during the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26 (20-22 March 2026).
The exhibition will be officially opened on the evening of Friday 20 February by a host of Polish and international stars, led by current Polish Athletics Association president Sebastian Chmara, the first Pole to win an individual world indoor title, and race walking legend Robert Korzeniowski – a four-time Olympic champion, three-time world champion, and silver medallist at the 1993 World Indoor Championships.
The exhibition – which is open to the public and free to enter from Saturday 21 February – brings together MOWA’s unique indoor athletics collection of competition clothing, shoes, medals and equipment donated by many of the world’s all-time greatest indoor track and field performers. Supported by original photographs, video and narrative panels, the display traces the history of indoor track and field from 1970 to 2025.
New attractions on display include:
- the complete competition kit of the ‘Indoor Queen’ Nelli Cooman (NED) from the 1985 European Indoor Championships, where she claimed the first of her eight European and world titles at 60m;
- the singlet and spikes Marcus O’Sullivan (IRL) wore at the 1987 World Indoor Championships, marking the first of his three world titles over 1500m;
- the competition suit worn by Devynne Charlton (BAH) when she won the world title and set the world record in the 60m hurdles at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.
Polish athletics history
In addition to the athlete artefacts, the exhibition reflects on the rich history of Polish athletics. As a result, visitors will be greeted by hammer and discus throw displays, disciplines that have defined some of the finest successes of Polish athletics, and previously unseen archival material, including the official 1919 application letter from the Polish Athletics Association seeking admission to the international federation.
MOWA also brings athletics into the architectural scale of TORUŃ PLAZA: life-size vertical-jump cutouts (men’s and women’s high jump and pole vault world records) will be displayed on the shopping-centre lift to give visitors a visceral sense of “where the bar sits”. A hands-on shot-put activation will showcase the actual implements used by champions and a to-scale projection of championship record distances will cross the mall’s central hall so visitors can experience the space that world-class throws cover.
A donation ceremony will be hosted at the exhibition at 3pm on Saturday 21 March by World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, alongside Michael H Burke, the Founding Patron of MOWA, and will welcome champions who have left a lasting mark on the history of indoor athletics.
Pierre-Jean Vazel for World Athletics Heritage
MOWA exhibition details
Date: Friday 20 February – Sunday 22 March 2026
Location: Toruń PLAZA, Centrum Handlowo–Rozrywkowe, ul. Broniewskiego 90, 87-100 Toruń
Opening hours: 9:00 – 21:00 daily
Admission: Free
