Maison d'Ailleurs
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The Maison d'Ailleurs (translated as "House of Elsewhere"), is a museum of science fiction, utopia and extraordinary journeys in Yverdon-les-Bains (Switzerland). Founded by the French encyclopedian Pierre Versins in 1976, the museum owns an extensive collection related to that field: some 40'000 books, and thousands of pulps and magazines, as well as many other items related to Science Fiction and its imagery (posters, toys, art, etc.)
The Maison d'Ailleurs, now directed by the historian Patrick Gyger, acts as a research and iconography center, having worked for institutions like the European Space Agency, for example. It is also a public museum showing temporary exhibitions exploring the main themes of the field: space travels, games, utopia, etc. Some of the exhibitions were dedicated to artists like H.R. Giger, John Howe or James Gurney.
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