International Swimming Hall of Fame

Love it, could use an upgrade but overall amazing catalogue of swimmers, divers and teams. The art gallery atop the curio shop near the entrance is worth a visit, great to see that swimming has been in our human culture since the dawn of human time.

Being a swimmer I was pretty excited to visit the Hall of Fame. The pool was beautiful and would have loved to use it had my stay been longer.
Went to the museum — was an $ 8 charge. I was pretty disappointed and walked thru in about 20 minutes. Lots of history to read, but it seemed old, musty, outdated (very little updated records, photos and memorabilia). Some medals, etc were out of place in some of the displays. There was supposedly another part above the gift shop, but it’s was even older and dated.
Gift shop is small and items aren’t of the best quality. I guess I would expect embroidered jackets and sweatshirts. etc but everything was iron-​on decals. Not a bad price, though.

Fantastic pool. Clean, huge, refreshing and can I live here?! There were kickboards and pull buoys for loan. The lifeguards were friendly and everyone was nice. The changing rooms have been there for a while, but they were clean and spacious. I love this place.

I came up from New York and was spending the holidays in the area. I have been a swimmer since age 6 up until I graduated college and it was a pleasure to go to this hall of fame and even see some familiar names of people I have crossed paths with through the years, which was more than just a pleasure to see. The staff was welcoming and I was thrilled to go. It is a shame to see that they are taking the hall of fame to California despite having been there since the 1960’s to turn the remains into a parking lot.

I love that the museum is also attached to an aquatic center. We were able to tour the very reasonably priced museum as well as watch athletes train. Very neat!

I visited this place on a whim on a recent trip to Fort Lauderdale. We were staying at a hotel less than a quarter mile away and walked past it a few times on our way to lunch and dinner and decided, hey – why not?!
I am absolutely blown away by two things here: 1) the rich history and 2) the passion the employees feel towards the facility. The Hall of Fame is divided in two buildings separated by a practice pool where Michael Phelps once broke a world record. In both areas, you’ll find neat factoids, photography, and memorabilia. There’s a wide selection of everything from the Olympics and even a rich display on the history of swimming, which dates back to China. Of the three employees we encountered working there, everyone was very friendly and two even stopped what they were doing to give us some brief history of the facility. This neat place that we almost passed up turned out to be such a gem! Definitely worth a visit for swimmers and non-​swimmers alike!

Went here primarily for the Museum.
Expected to be in & out of here in a ½ hour.
I ended up staying about 2 hours… this museum was more than I expected. When you buy your ticket, the girl at the counter told me there was an «art gallery» upstairs — I almost passed on it but decided to check it out. It’s really half of the museum! There are tons of medals, trophies, Johnny Weissmuller exhibit, swimming fashions exhibit, «Swimming Presidents» exhibits and the history of swimming as told through art.
The other part of the museum is a short walk to another building around the pool where people come to swim and train. Lots of cool exhibits. Never expected to see an exhibit on the diving sequences in the movie «Back to School» with Rodney Dangerfield. Also if you are a fan of Esther Williams and her movies there’s a bunch of cool things about here in here.

Red Bull Wake of Fame… wakeboarding on steroids… need I say more

With a city as big as Fort Lauderdale, there should definitely be a better, bigger aquatic center. The place is well maintained, as best I can tell, but it’s been under «construction» for years now. I never see anyone working on the place, just equipment and plastic strewn all over the front. The first time I came to the pool, I thought it was closed because of the curb appeal. And the hours are not very welcoming to those of us who work for a living.