The Avron B. Fogelman Sports Museum
The Avron B. Fogelman Sports Museum is located within the Schmidt Family Complex for Academic and Athletic Excellence at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL.
The museum has more than 1,200 pieces of sports memorabilia valued at more than $10 million and is considered one of the largest private sports collections in existence. It was donated by Former Kansas City Royals owner and longtime Boca Raton resident Avron B. Fogelman.
A sampling of the collection includes golf memorabilia from legends Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, a 1930s-era football signed by Jim Thorpe, and several pieces from Muhammad Ali. Another section showcases racial integration through artifacts from Jackie Robinson, the first black MLB player and Emmett Ashford, the first black MLB umpire, the scouting report for Hall of Fame player Willie Mays, and equipment from the Negro Leagues.
The 3,500-square-foot space arranges the collection’s in exhibits in a way that offer visitors an intimate and visual progression of American sports alongside vignettes of the country’s growth. Together, the collection provides historical context, opportunities for intergenerational connections and unique storytelling.
Inside the Fogel Sports History Museum
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- USA:
- Babe Ruth Birthplace
- The Baseball Building
- Baseball Heritage Museum
- Baseballism
- Batcolumn
- Beyond the Vines
- Bob Feller Museum
- B-R-S Baseball Museum
- The Bobblehead Museum
- City of Baseball Museum
- College World Series
- Cooperstown Distillery
- Cooperstown, NY
- Deuce's Major League Bar
- Doubleday Field
- Field of Dreams
- Fogelman Sports Museum
- Harmon Killebrew HR Seat
- Heroes of Baseball Wax Museum
- Home Run Dugout
- Hot Springs Historic Baseball Trail
- Iowa Baseball Museum of Norway
- Irish American Baseball HOF
- Jackie Robinson Ballpark
- Jackie Robinson Museum
- Little League Museum
- Little League World Series
- Louisville Slugger Museum
- Mascot Hall of Fame
- Mets Hall of Fame & Museum
- Midnight Sun Game
- Monument Park
- Museum of Nebraska MLB
- National Ballpark Museum
- National Baseball Hall of Fame
- National Bobblehead Hall of Fame
- National Postage Museum
- Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
- Negro Southern League Museum
- North Carolina Baseball Museum
- Patrick Amiot Junk Art
- Rickwood Field
- Roberto Clemente Museum
- Roger Maris Museum
- Rookies Wiffle Ball Field
- Savannah Bananas
- Schrader's Little Cooperstown
- Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum
- Stadium Lofts at Bush Stadium
- Steelheads Alley
- Tampa Baseball Museum
- Ted Williams Museum
- Tony Gwynn Museum
- Ty Cobb Museum
- Yogi Berra Museum
- Canada:
- Avenue of Champions
- Canadian Baseball HOF
- Saskatchewan Baseball HOF
- Dominican Republic:
- Museum of the Dominican Player
- Japan:
- Baseball Hall of Fame in Japan
- Koshien History Museum
- Sadaharu Oh Museum
- Mexico:
- Mexican Baseball HOF
- Puerto Rico:
- Museo Francisco "Pancho" Coimbre
- South Korea:
- Baseball Lighthouse
- Taiwan:
- Baseball HOF & Fame Garden Hotel
- Venezuela:
- Salon de la Fama Museo de Beisbol