Introduction of the Founder：

       Ching-Kuo Wu, a native of Suzhou, was born in Chongqing in 1946. He graduated from the Architecture Department of Tunghai University in Taiwan in 1971. He also studied at the University of Liverpool and graduated in 1977. He was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee in 1988 and has successively served as an executive member of the International Olympic Committee, President of the International Boxing Federation, and Chairman of the International Olympic Committee Culture and Olympic Heritage Commission.

Words from the Founder:

       Olympism is my faith. I have devoted my whole life to working on promoting Olympism, which means a lot to me. The Olympic Games are finite in terms of their duration, insufficient for the public to learn more about the Olympic Ideals, neither for the Olympism to be touched by as much population as possible. Therefore, I made up my mind long time ago to build Olympic museums to provide the public with infinite access to the Olympic culture and spirit.

       I am of the firm view. The Olympic Games are pearls, and the Olympic museums are the string to connect them as a whole. The exhibitions demonstrate the touching stories and wonderful moments of previous Olympic Games, allowing visitors who have never experienced Olympic Games or later generations to feel the spirit and charm of those Games.

       I have founded four Olympic museums: Xiamen Olympic Museum, Tianjin Dagon Olympic Museum, the Samaranch Memorial and Nanjing Olympic Museum. Nanjing is one of the birthplaces of modern Chinese sports and Olympic movements, and it has been actively involved in Olympic Movement for about one hundred years. Furthermore, the second Summer Youth Olympic Games were held in Nanjing. It is surrounded by the Olympic atmosphere and this museum makes Nanjing even more attractive. Nanjing Olympic Museum aims to spread the Olympic values as a non-profit organization to involve more people in the Olympic family freely and equally and to let them experience and share the passion and joy of the Olympic Games.

       The Olympic values embody “friendship, unity and equality”. All previous Olympic Games were so spectacular that they had drawn the attention from the whole world. The Olympic Games boast a long history and each Olympic object, torch, a stamp, a post card, or a newspaper clipping can tell an interesting story. The Olympic Movement is attractive as it represents how humans try to challenge and surpass themselves. And that’s exactly why I am a devotee to it.

       Seeing people of all ages from all walks of life around the world visit this museum makes me feel that all the efforts are worthwhile, especially when hundreds of thousands of students come the museum. This is the place where people from different countries can really gather together to share the same culture. Human beings need such a platform to share the fruits of the Olympic Movement.

       Olympic Games have their endings, but Olympic museums stand forever. They are the Olympic Games that show no conclusion.

-Ching-Kuo Wu