The National Lacrosse Hall of Fame and Museum, is located in
Sparks, Maryland at the
USA Lacrosse headquarters. Prior to moving to its present location in 2016, the hall of fame and museum was located in
Baltimore, Maryland
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, on the
Homewood campus of
Johns Hopkins University
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. The museum showcases the history of the game of
lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extens ...
, from its
Native American origins to its present-day form.
The first
members of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame were inducted in 1957.
The museum displays photographs, art, vintage
equipment
Equipment most commonly refers to a set of tool
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and uniforms, trophies, as well as other memorabilia and artifacts relating to the sport of lacrosse.
See also
*
List of National Lacrosse Hall of Fame members
*
Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame
The Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame is a Canadian lacrosse hall of fame, located in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. The Hall was chartered in 1965 by the Canadian Lacrosse Association, and inducted its first class of hall of famers in ...
References
External links
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Lacrosse in the United States
Lacrosse museums and halls of fame
Sports museums in Maryland
Halls of fame in Maryland