MOWA
The Museum of World Athletics (MOWA) has opened a dedicated Facebook page for those who wish to keep up to date with the World Athletics Heritage programme and the history of athletics.
News, photos and video published on the MOWA Facebook page will cover major donations to the World Athletics Heritage Collection which is displayed within MOWA’s five online galleries, the museum’s public exhibitions and events, historic athletics anniversaries, and the awarding and unveiling of World Athletics Heritage Plaques around the world.
MOWA, which was the first fully virtual 3D sports museum in the world when it launched in March 2021, remains the leader of the technology within international sport heritage.
MOWA Heritage Athletics Exhibition Budapest 2023
This Monday (3) saw the doors of the MOWA Heritage Athletics Exhibition Budapest 2023 open to the public in Etele Plaza, Hungary’s newest shopping mall. The huge 600m2 exhibition, which will close in five months on Sunday 27 August, the last day of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, celebrates the 40th anniversary of the World Athletics Championships.
Fittingly, as well as the launch video, the MOWA Facebook page opens with posts about the two most bemedalled athletes in the history of the World Athletics Championships: Allyson Felix and Usain Bolt.
The MOWA is proud to feature the autographed spikes of Felix from the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki and the autographed singlet and bib number of Bolt from the 2011 edition in Daegu.
Those artefacts – which are accompanied by supporting text, photos, and video – can be viewed in glorious 360° 3D on the online platform or viewed in person at our exhibition in Budapest. One of the regular features on the MOWA Facebook page will be an ‘Artefact of the week’ post, highlighting some of the jewels from our sport’s history which the MOWA is preserving for future generations of fans.
Via our Facebook page, we are keen to share information about athletics history, and to grow and connect with the passionate community of athletics fans, historians, and collectors around the world, many of whom already visit the MOWA and engage with the World Athletics Heritage programme.
Five Hungarian world medallists at opening ceremony
A prestigious official opening ceremony will be held at the MOWA Budapest exhibition on the evening of 14 April. The ceremony will be attended by five Hungarian outdoor World Championships medallists: Anita Márton (2018 world indoor shot put gold), Zsolt Németh (1999 world hammer silver), Bence Halász (2019 world hammer bronze), Krisztián Pars (2012 Olympic hammer champion), and Balázs Baji (2017 world 110m hurdles bronze).
Joining the athletes to officially open the exhibition will be Jon Ridgeon, CEO of World Athletics, Balázs Németh, CEO of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, Balázs Fürjes, Deputy Minister, Co-chair of the Governing Body of World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, and Miklós Gyulai, President of the Hungarian Athletics Association, Co-chair of the Governing Body of World Athletics Championships Budapest 23.
Chris Turner for World Athletics Heritage
