National Museum of Roller Skating
  Location within Nebraska | |
| Established | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Location | 4730 South St, Lincoln, NE 68506 |
| Coordinates | 40°47′31″N 96°39′16″E / 40.792030274616124°N 96.65431140000331°E |
| Type | Collection museum |
The National Museum of Roller Skating is a roller skating museum located in Lincoln, Nebraska.[1][2][3] It is likely the only roller skating-focused museum in the world.[4][5]
It purports to contain the world's largest collection of roller skating artifacts,[6] including equipment, costumes, films, and artwork dating back to 1819,[7][4] as well as memorabilia of other sports related to the hobby.[8]
It shares a building with USA Roller Sports, the nationwide governing body of roller sports.[6]
History
[edit]According to the museum, the building is located in a former utility warehouse of the Lincoln Telegram and Telegraph Company.[6] It transferred ownership in an unknown year.
Museum
[edit]The museum was established in 1980 and opened to the public on April 13, 1982.[6]
Its audio tour details the history of roller skating, including roller derby in the United States; the roller disco craze; and roller skating in films such as Shall We Dance, Rollerball, Roller Boogie, Xanadu, Roll Bounce, and Skateland.[9]
Display groupings include artistic skating, inline skating, roller derby, speed skating, and a 1956 "jetpack" skating prototype which was a commercial failure.[4]
In 2020, CBS News interviewed the museum's consultant Peggy Young when writing a piece on the resurgence of roller skating during the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Lefevers, Delana. "Here Are 20 Unique Places In Nebraska To Visit". OnlyInYourState®. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
- ^ Bright, Caleb (2018-02-28). "Roller skating rink would add fun, nostalgia to Lincoln". The Daily Nebraskan. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
- ^ Service, United States Internal Revenue (1998). Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service.
- ^ a b c Hendricks, Nancy (2022-05-18). State Oddities: An Encyclopedia of What Makes Our United States Unique. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 979-8-216-14882-1.
- ^ Nicoll, Bruce Hilton (1967). Nebraska. In the Hands of a Child. p. 24.
- ^ a b c d "About". National Museum of Roller Skating. Archived from the original on December 11, 2024. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
- ^ Norton, Jack; Norton, Kitty; Kitty, Travel with Jack and (2024-04-29). 101 Bizarre, Quirky and Totally Fun Adventures in the Midwest: Explore the Wonderful and Wacky Heartland of America!. Jack and Kitty Media Group.
Visitors can explore the largest collection of roller skating artifacts and textual materials in the world, including skates, costumes, films, artwork, and other memorabilia dating back to 1819.
- ^ "How Dancing 'til You Drop in Denver led to the Invention of Roller Derby | Denver Public Library Special Collections and Archives". history.denverlibrary.org. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
- ^ "Pop Culture! Movies: Roller Skating Across the Silver Screen | Your Audio Tour". Your Audio Tour. 2024-12-03. Archived from the original on December 3, 2024. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
- ^ "The renaissance of roller skating - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2020-09-27. Retrieved 2025-01-08.