The temporary exhibition will be staged at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden for the duration of the Olympic Games, and has been built in association with BP and the Royal Opera House.
The Olympic Journey, story of the Games, will tell the Olympics story by highlighting the endeavours of ancient and modern Olympians, and their achievements. The exhibition will take visitors on a journey starting in ancient Greece, the original home of the Olympic Games, through the vision of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the man behind the revival of the Games many centuries later. The experience will continue with the stories and inspirational achievements of iconic Olympic athletes of the last 100 years of Olympic history, and will feature all of the Olympic medals and Torches of the modern Games.
The exhibition forms integral part of the LOCOG (The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) and the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
The temporary facility was developed at Hypsos facility in the Netherlands and will be on show between 27 July to 12 August 2012.
