Ice skating is one of many sports which evolved from everyday life.
The need for winter transportation led to the development of the ice skate, first constructed from jaw bones and then wood and iron. From these rudimentary beginnings evolved the sport of figure skating, our most beautiful sport. In a similar way, the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame and Museum began humbly in Boston, Massachusetts in 1965 as a small collection of skating and records. In 1979 when the United States Figure Skating Association moved its headquarters to the foothills of the Rockies in Colorado Springs, Colorado it dedicated a large portion of its new office building to the Museum. The first skating club in the United States was the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society, formed in 1849.