Links, Blogs and Groups

Below are some links that you might find useful. If you know of any others that you think other collectors would enjoy, please send us an email using the Contact Us page.

Blogs and Forums:

2010 Van Fan - A Personal Journey to Vancouver 2010
Vancouver Sun 2010 Reporter Jeff Lee's "Inside the Olympics" Blog
London 2012 Pins and Badges - News
London 2012 Pins Forum

Facebook:

Pacific Pin Club Facebook Page

Online Stores

Vancouver 2010 Official Commemorative Book
With Glowing Hearts/Des plus brillants exploits

Vancouver 2010 Online Store - Canadian Customers
Vancouver 2010 Online Store - US Customers
London 2012 Online Store

Twitter

2010Tweets - VANOC
BC Gotta Be Here - Province of BC
Olympicreporter - Vancouver Sun 2010 reporter Jeff Lee

Pin Clubs and and Groups:

Association Française des Collectionneurs Olympiques et Sportif
Calgary International Pin Club
Club des Collectionneurs d’Épinglettes Inc.
London 2012 Pins and Badges - An Online Resource
Lucky Charms Pin Collecting
Olympin Collectors Club
Oslo Pin Club
Pasadena Pin Club
Salt Lake Pin Club
Society of Olympic Collectors
Sydney Pin Collectors Association Inc
Winnipeg Pin Collectors Club
Yahoo PinTraders (Group)

Preferred Pin Suppliers:

Laurie Artiss - The Pin People
Aminco International (USA) Inc

Organizations:

International Olympic Committee
Canadian Olympic Committee
International Society of Olympic Historians
International Olympic Academy
International Olympic Academy Participants Association
International Paralympic Committee
Canadian Paralympic Committee
BC Games Society
Canada Games

Museums:

Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum, Melbourne, Australia
German Sport and Olympia Museum, Cologne, Germany
IOC Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland
LA84 Foundation, Los Angeles, California, USA
Lake Placid Olympic Museum, Lake Placid, New York, USA
New Zealand Olympic Museum, Wellington, New Zealand
Norwegian Olympic Museum, Lillehammer, Norway
Olympic Hall of Fame and Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Prince Chichibu Memorial Sports Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Seoul Olympic Museum, Seoul, Korea
Sports Museum of Finland, Helsinki, Finland
Squaw Valley Olympic Museum, Squaw Valley, California, USA

Upcoming Games and Bids:

Dehli 2010 Commonweath Games
Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games
Guadalajara 2011 Pan American Games
Innsbruck 2012 Youth Olympic Games
London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games
Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Bid Process for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games

Videos

Richmond 2009 Olympin Collectors Club Show - CTV
Richmond 2009 Olympin Collectors Club Show - Record.ca

What is the Pacific Pin Club?

The Pacific Pin Club is Western Canada's premiere organization for lapel pin collectors and traders. Founded in 1987, the Club is entering its 23rd year of generating awareness and interest in pin collecting and promoting the hobby in British Columbia, across Canada and around the World.

Last updated: 19 June 2010