Opening Museum “Art of the Olympians”

Events, International, Olympians — By admin on February 9, 2010 at 7:17 am

On the 29th of January 2010, the Museum “Art of the Olympians” was officially opened in Fort Meyers (Florida). Mr. Jan Boutmy, who is president of the Antillean Olympians Association, was one of the invitee, to give an inaugural speech.

The opening also has special meaning for other local Olympians like Liston Bochette, who is on the Board of Directors. “Our mission says we are going to improve the quality of life here locally and we’re going to do it by opening these door to the community and more so to the world,” Bochette said. Bochette visited Curacao different times, and was one of the advisors of NAOC, during the Olympic Games in Beijing (2008)

According to the U.S. Olympic Committee, once this museum is fully up and running, it’s estimated to have a annual impact of $25 million to the local economy. Lee County (Florida) has invested nearly a million tourist tax dollars in the project.