Olympic Badges Exhibition at XOM Draws Xiamen TV's Attention
Publish date:2011-9-14 Pageview: 1706
On September 14, 2011, reporters from Xiamen TV Station specially come to XOM to shoot the Olympic Badges Exhibition being held.
Wu Yun, the vice curator of XOM, introduces some basic information about the badges displayed, and explains the background and meaning of holding this exhibition. While Ms. Wu gives a detailed introduction on one of the badges, which was presented by Poland Sports and Tourism Museum. This kind of badges issued in 1940, with falcon and Olympic Rings on the surface, is very rare, since they stopped issue from the Second World War. Among the 500 badges displayed in the exhibition, some are official badges of the previous Olympic Games. And the others, belonging to various categories, are issued by NOCs, Olympic sponsors, and International Sports Federations.
During this interview, Ms. Wu also expresses her hope to let more visitors, especially the teenagers, have a new cognition of Olympics through this exhibition.