You do not often come into possession of information in the preview. Indeed, we often happens in Anglo-Saxon world, but usually if they have already spoken! Well, when it happens, we want to make things right. And because the network does not it is written, there is only a few fragments here and there, here’s an article on what will be a museum dedicated to JRR Tolkien , under construction in Switzerland and will open in 2013, just to give us time to prepare the luggage! It will be called ” Middle Earth Greisinger Collection “is located in Jenins , a village in the Grisons canton of just 847 inhabitants on the border with Liechtenstein.We talked to the curator.
Art and passion, Tolkien and painting
Illustrator, set designer, “mad painter” sculptor. In a word artist specializing in fantasy. Cavini Ivan is all that and since 2005 has embarked on soul and body in setting and spectacular exhibition of the Museum Gmec. But before flying to Switzerland, the artist, who lives in the hills of Romagna since childhood, has a long career Tolkien, partly parallel to that of our Association.
2003/2004 In the two years by the artistic director of the international touring exhibition Images from the Middle-earth in collaboration with the Italian Tolkien Society andMedusa Film for the premiere of the movie “The Two Towers” and “The Return of the King”, the second and third episode of Lord of the Rings by Peter Jackson. The exhibition takes place at the tenth edition of Hobbiton in San Daniele del Friuli (2003), at Villa Celimontana in Rome (2004), and then to Ancona, Bari, Trani, before flying to Poland, in Gdansk and Wroclaw (2004) . His other events will take place at events where there is also the Association of Roman studies Tolkien-like journey through Middle-earth , the day of classical music and literature that took place at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan (2007), the Return to Numenor manifestation in Buccinasco Tolkien, near Milan (2007) and the Festival in the Shire of Pontrhydfendigaid, Wales (2010), which, however, the artist has sent only works *. This year the artist has participated in the Belgioioso Fantasy , in the Castle of Belgioioso (Pavia), the Fantasy Soncino Soncino (Cremona) and of course Lucca Comics and Games . Among other things, is his cover of the book Lord of the Rings by JRRTolkien Peter Jackson Emanuele Terzuolo, published by Delos Books in 2004.
A collection of books and sculptures
The museum will house permanently, the largest collection of literary works, pictorial, scenic and recreational Middle-earth. The German owner, Bernd Greisiger , has put together in a few years a collection of remarkable dimensions: – the first edition in three volumes of Lord of the Rings belonged to Elaine Griffiths, a student of Tolkien, with its U.S. dollar value of 104mila Americans (about 73,800 euros) is the world’s most expensive Tolkien book. The first three volumes of handwritten dedication is shown in Elvish, “Tarin Elainen Periandion meldenya anyaran ar” (Elaine, Queen of the Hobbits and my dear old friend). Elaine, a former student and friend of the family of JRR Tolkien, was one of the few people who had read the manuscript of The Hobbit and was instrumental in its publication: he advised him strongly to her friend (Susan Dagnall) who worked at Allen & Unwin, the house London publisher who then published it, – a copy of the rare first edition of the Hobbit in 1937, with a dedication to Jack Bennett, signed by Tolkien 28 October 1972; JAW “Jack” Bennett (1911 to 1981) was a friend and former colleague Tolkien in Oxford. At Cambridge he was the successor to CS Lewis in the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English literature, – the first foreign language edition of the Hobbit , translated into Swedish in 1947 by Tore Zetterholm. Again, the book bears a dedication to Tolkien to Elaine Griffiths; – the first American edition of the Hobbit signed in early 1938 by Houghton-Mifflin. This edition differs significantly for the British edition include four color plates created by Tolkien. Two of these were used for the cover ( The Hill: Hobbiton Across the Water for the front and Conversation with Smaug the back). Houghton-Mifflin had also decided to put a small figure of a bowing hobbit on the title page and on the cover. Unfortunately, this hobbit wore boots! To be honest, the publisher was modeled on the illustration of Tolkien’s conversation with Smaug , precisely where the little hobbit wearing boots there too. This figure was removed at some point in production, thus creating a difference with the second edition of the first edition. The American edition with the hobbits bow is then indicated as the first stage of the first edition. The number of copies of the first state is currently unknown, but the second had just three thousand.
There are also original Pauline Baynes illustrations, a map of Middle Earth, and autographed a book by Tolkien to his son Michael. Among the paintings and original illustrations include all the major artists who have illustrated Tolkien in the last 35 years.
The Museum Gmec
The museum entrance is at the home of Bilbo, faithfully reconstructed, which will be on display a collection of Tolkien’s books. Then you will have access to the rear and a basement of 300 square meters where visitors will be transported to Middle Earth, including life-size creatures, spectacular scenery, original paintings, antiques collectibles, sculptures and illustrations. Also on display will be an incredible collection of works by Tolkien fans around the world. Inside the museum you can also access the conference room and private cinema. Since 2005 he has created installations Cavini scenic ” Isildur “and” Anarion “(the Argonath, in 2006),” Troll “(2008),” Smaug “(2009) and Treebeard (2010). At the bottom of page you can find two videos on the implementation of the Troll and Treebeard.
The first set of pictures show the initial phase of work for the construction of the museum. The photos date back to 2006 and since then progress has been made a lot of …
in 2011 is finally founded the ” Swiss Association of Middle Earth “that will aim to spread Tolkien through the museum and the events connected with it. 
Among the founders, curiosity, check the name of Pieter Collier , mind and arm dell’autorevolissimo site Tolkien Library and recent editor of The tapestry of Tolkien(Bompiani, 2011). Now the collection is complete and work is proceeding regularly to allow the opening of the museum by 2013. We are waiting anxiously. And as Bilbo said, “the way is always forward ….”
Indeed the rumors are true! Located within Switzerland’s Jenins village, a new museum will be dedicated to J. R. R. Tolkien and is slated to open it’s doors in 2013. The report came from the Italian Tolkien Society and we’ve translated it for you below.
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