HR Giger Museum, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland

4.5 (791 reviews) Monday: Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #2 in Canton of Fribourg Speciality Museums

Blood chilling art

Be aware that the last entrance to visit the museum is 45 minutes before the closing time - HR GIGER IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SWISS ARTISTS. He was awarded an « Oscar » in 1980 in Hollywood for the movie « Alien ». He was the designer of the Alien beast and different other biomechanical creatures. The artist was born in Coire in 1940. Giger has given to Gruyeres a different dimension, a wonderful attraction: two worlds completely opposed. One traditional and the other one fantastic. The visitor penetrates in the biomechanical, surrealistic and mind-blowing place. The museum is open since 1998. Most of its twenty rooms are reserved for Giger’s work: paintings, sculptures and furnitures. His private collection is shown on the third floor artist such as Coleman, Dado, E. Fuchs, Schwarz, Steve Leuba, etc. A bar completely designed by Giger built on the left hand side of the Museum is the last living master piece of the artist where the atmosphere and the sensation are incomparable.
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Address

rue du Chateau 2 Château St-Germain, Gruyères 1663 Switzerland

Mobile

+41 26 921 22 00

Website

http://www.hrgigermuseum.com/

Email

[email protected]

Working hours

Monday :
Tuesday : 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Current local date and time now

Monday, May 13, 2024, 0:34

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5Julia Plieva 5:00 PM Aug 31, 2021
Blood chilling art
Exciting exposition which worth seeing for sure cause there you are thinking all the time what a mind can create all this. More than that - the pairings, sculptures and art objects are done with sophistication. Besides chilling your blood one admires this high level art. The museum is rather small but you can stare at 1 picture for dozen minutes.
5jb250 5:00 PM Nov 13, 2022
Fabulous showcase of HR Giger's work
Visited this museum in November 2022. I think most people are aware of HRG's work for the Alien film trilogy, which features his bio-mechanical highly stylized work, although the museum features not only HR Giger's own work, but his own private collection. Not for the faint hearted, there is an adults only section, and this continues his themes of carnal desire, surreal dreamscape, nightmarish horror. It's a real treat to have visited, highly recommend - and go with an open mind.