The three-story Joe Quinney Winter Sports Center is the home of the Alf Engen Ski Museum, Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame, Ecker Cafe, Jans Mountain Adventure retail shop, 2002 Eccles Winter Olympic Museum and a conference/meeting room. Prior to the 2002 Games, the $10 million sports center served as the media center for journalists covering the Olympic events at the Utah Olympic Park.

The namesake is Joe Quinney, often referred to as the "father of Utah's ski industry," being the original incorporator of the Salt Lake Winter Sports Association in 1938, which later became the Alta Ski Lifts Company. Quinney was born in Logan, Utah and educated at the Utah Agricultural College, now Utah State University, and then Harvard Law School. Quinney died in 1983 at the age of 90.

The Quinney Center also features the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame which enshrined its inaugural class in September 2002. The Hall of Famers are Junior Bounous, Zane Doyle, the Engen brothers - Alf, Sverre and Karre "Corey" - Gretchen Fraser, W. Averell Harriman and Joseph Quinney.

In the Park's Olympic Legacy Plaza, two heroic size, eight-foot bronze statutes of Joe Quinney and Alf Engen were unveiled in September 2002. The sculptures were created by Alpine artist Kraig Varner.

Alf Engen Ski Museum
Thirteen years ago, Alan Engen had an idea for a ski museum. Today, visitors to the Utah Olympic Park can take a year-round, interactive journey through the Alf Engen Ski Museum inside the Joe Quinney Winter Sports Center. A tour through the 4,000-square foot museum includes a 10-minute film that traces Utah's ski history and then evolutionary displays on cross-country skiing and Nordic jumping. There are games of skill in ski jumping and touch-screen displays.

The Alf Engen Ski Museum was built to preserve the rich history of skiing in the Intermountain region by providing a world-class facility, which highlights the many contributions made in ski area development, athletic competition, snow safety, ski innovation and ski teaching techniques.

2002 Eccles Olympic Museum
The 2002 Eccles Olympic Museum is located on the second floor of the Joe Quinney Winter Sports Center. Detailed displays include equipment of athletes like Joe pack, Tristan Gale, Derek Parra, Bode Miller, Sara Hughes and many others used during the 2002 Olympics. The public can hold an Olympic torch, watch Olympic highlights and view displays from the Opening and Closing ceremonies. Pin enthusiast can admire a pin display which includes every officially licensed pin from the 2002 Winter Olympics.

For additional information, please visit www.engenmuseum.org or call 435.658.4240.