To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Estonian Sports and Olympic Museum as well as the 100th anniversary of the Estonian Olympic Committee, an interactive sports and Olympic exhibition in the form of an Olympic-themed flight gate opened at Tallinn Airport on 17 March 2023. The Olympic Gate located at Gate 8 features a display of Estonia’s and Estonians’ participation in the Olympic Games throughout history and in anticipation of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The idea behind the Olympic Gate mainly lies in promoting sports and the Olympic movement as well as introducing the history of Estonian sport and Olympic participation to the widest audience possible. Travellers of all ages can explore educational features and hands-on activities in Estonian or English while waiting for their flight in the themed area. The centrepieces of the display are, for example, such rare exhibits as Ants Antson’s and Saskia Alusalu’s skates, the fencing mask that witnessed its wearer win Olympic gold in Tokyo, and various other sports equipment used by Estonian top athletes in the past and present.

The public can learn about the most important biographies and stories of Estonian sports history, the general history of the Olympic Games and their venues, and our past Olympic winners as well as the current top athletes of Team Estonia. This year has been declared the Year of Fitness, so fun activities urge you to move and, for example, accept the fitness challenge on the Reaction Wall developed in collaboration with the Olympic medallist Gerd Kanter. A virtual tour of the permanent exhibition of the Sports Museum, located in Tartu, is presented by the figure of the Estonian record holder and Olympic hurdler Rasmus Mägi, who has recorded numerous audio stories to accompany the exhibition.