Sarajevo's bombed out Olympic Museum restored and reopened 25 years after war

Fireworks are seen during the reopening ceremony of Sarajevo's Olympic Games Museum. The museum was originally opened in 1984. It was bombed and burnt in 1992, at the beginning of the siege of Sarajevo, during 1992-95 war in Bosnia. Photo: AFP

Almost three decades after being destroyed in a bombing campaign during the war in Bosnia, a museum that honours the memory of the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympic Games has been rebuilt and reopened.

The jewel of local architecture, built as a luxury villa in the early 20th century, was among the first city symbols to be demolished by Serb forces during the siege of Sarajevo from 1992 to 1995.