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  • General view on the exhibition hall of the Fifa World Football Museum on January 12, 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
    General view on the exhibition hall of the Fifa World Football Museum on January 12, 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
  • General view on the exhibition hall of the Fifa World Football Museum on January 12, 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
    General view on the exhibition hall of the Fifa World Football Museum on January 12, 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
  • General view on the exhibition hall of the Fifa World Football Museum on January 12, 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
    General view on the exhibition hall of the Fifa World Football Museum on January 12, 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
  • A man walks down stairs at the future Fifa World Football Museum during a media preview in Zurich, Switzerland January 12, 2016. The Fifa World Football Museum will to be open to the public from February 28. Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
    A man walks down stairs at the future Fifa World Football Museum during a media preview in Zurich, Switzerland January 12, 2016. The Fifa World Football Museum will to be open to the public from February 28. Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
  • The jerseys of the national football teams of all Fifa’s member countries are shown in the rainbow room at the future Fifa World Football Museum during a media preview in Zurich, Switzerland January 12, 2016. The Fifa World Football Museum will to be open to the public from February 28. Picture rotated 180 degrees. Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
    The jerseys of the national football teams of all Fifa’s member countries are shown in the rainbow room at the future Fifa World Football Museum during a media preview in Zurich, Switzerland January 12, 2016. The Fifa World Football Museum will to be open to the public from February 28. Picture rotated 180 degrees. Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
  • A view shows a room at the future Fifa World Football Museum during a media preview in Zurich, Switzerland January 12, 2016. The Fifa World Football Museum will to be open to the public from February 28. Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
    A view shows a room at the future Fifa World Football Museum during a media preview in Zurich, Switzerland January 12, 2016. The Fifa World Football Museum will to be open to the public from February 28. Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
  • Photographers take pictures of a voodoo doll in the not-yet-open Fifa Museum in Zurich, Switzerland, 12 January 2016. The new Fifa museum will open its doors the in first quarter of 2016. Valeriano Di Domenico / EPA
    Photographers take pictures of a voodoo doll in the not-yet-open Fifa Museum in Zurich, Switzerland, 12 January 2016. The new Fifa museum will open its doors the in first quarter of 2016. Valeriano Di Domenico / EPA
  • View into a part of the not-yet-open Fifa Museum in Zurich, Switzerland, 12 January 2016. The new Fifa museum will open its doors the in first quarter of 2016. Valeriano Di Domenico / EPA
    View into a part of the not-yet-open Fifa Museum in Zurich, Switzerland, 12 January 2016. The new Fifa museum will open its doors the in first quarter of 2016. Valeriano Di Domenico / EPA
  • View into a part of the not-yet-open Fifa Museum in Zurich, Switzerland, 12 January 2016. The new Fifa museum will open its doors the in first quarter of 2016. Valeriano Di Domenico / EPA
    View into a part of the not-yet-open Fifa Museum in Zurich, Switzerland, 12 January 2016. The new Fifa museum will open its doors the in first quarter of 2016. Valeriano Di Domenico / EPA
  • A visitor takes a pictures of the “Juala Balls” during a press visit on January 12, 2016 at the new museum dedicated to Fifa in Zurich. The Fifa World Football Museum will open its doors on February 28, 2016 allowing the scandal-tainted world football body to show off artefacts from the sport’s rich heritage. Fabrice Coffrini / AFP
    A visitor takes a pictures of the “Juala Balls” during a press visit on January 12, 2016 at the new museum dedicated to Fifa in Zurich. The Fifa World Football Museum will open its doors on February 28, 2016 allowing the scandal-tainted world football body to show off artefacts from the sport’s rich heritage. Fabrice Coffrini / AFP

An inside look at the Fifa World Football Museum – in pictures

Jake Badger

January 12, 2016

The multi-million dollar Fifa World Football Museum, the project of fallen world football chief Sepp Blatter, will open its doors on February 28 in Zurich, two days after the election of his successor, Fifa announced on Tuesday.

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