Middle-earth is located in Switzerland
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The Lord of the Rings films were filmed in New Zealand. But what is claimed to be the world’s largest museum for Middle-earth with its Hobbit Cave and ten other galleries is located in Jenin near Bad Ragaz in Switzerland – about a 40-minute drive from Vorarlberg.
The fantasy epic “The Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien is the founding standard work of the fantasy literature genre, and has inspired millions of films around the world. Filmed by Peter Jackson in New Zealand, the visit remains a dream come true for most European fans.
You don’t have to fly halfway around the world to visit Middle-earth! The world’s largest “Lord of the Rings” museum is located in Jenin near Bad Ragaz in the Graubünden district of Heidiland, about a 40-minute drive from Vorarlberg: Greisinger’s Private Museum.
Visiting is by appointment only
All visitors are too large to be the typical round doors, but they stand patiently in front of the hobbit cave and wait for the tour to begin: “You can only visit the museum with a ticket you get to tour the homepage,” group owner Bernd Gresinger explains: “You can’t visit the museum at random.”
The museum is a non-profit organization. Featuring the Greisinger Collection (GC), Bernd Greisinger’s private collection on the “Middle-earth” theme is the largest and most important of its kind in the world. It consists mainly of art and literature as well as items for collectors of all kinds.
Register online in advance
Registration only works Online It costs 50 Swiss francs. You should bring three to four hours with you – more is better. Greisinger knows what he owes fans: “The longest tour was over ten hours.” True Tolkien fans cannot be deterred by this, when ORF visitors stated that they are visiting the gallery for the second time.
In ten subterranean sites over an area of 300 square metres, the museum offers the experience of entering a hobbit cave and looking at countless exhibits from the fantasy world of Tolkien’s books and films in peace.
Transferring Tolkien’s Creativity
For three years, Bernd Grisinger collected exhibits from around the world to recreate Middle-earth. The purpose of everything: to get as many people as possible interested in Tolkien’s books. We know that over 90% of visitors have seen movies and almost half have read books. The museum caters to both groups of course, but we want to encourage the other half to pick up the book and learn about Tolkien and his creativity.”
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