What is Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame?
[[File:Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.jpg|right|200px]] The '''Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame''' is an American history museum and [[hall of fame]]. It is located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]]. It is basketball's most complete library, in addition to promoting and preserving the [[history of basketball]].<ref> {{citation|last=Linn|first=Charles|title=Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|date=January 2003|url=http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/BTS/archives/museums/Naismith/overview.asp|newspaper=Architectural Record|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705163759/http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/museums/Naismith/overview.asp|archive-date=2008-07-05|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was dedicated to [[Canadians|Canadian]]-[[Americans|American]] physician and inventor of the sport [[James Naismith]], it was opened and inducted its first class in 1959. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1959 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Massachusetts]] [[Category:National Basketball Association]] {{US-stub}}