On the occasion of its one hundred and twentieth anniversary, Swarovski, the famous producer in Wattens, Austria, has reopened its museum Kristallwelten (Crystal Worlds) which, after several years of work, has doubled in size to reach seven and a half hectares. In the glittering park of wonders, meet works of well-known international designers who have created brilliant fabulous scenery. These include the dark forest “Eden” signed by Fredrikson Stallard, “Silent Light,” a crystallized tree consisting of 150,000 Swarovski crystals created by Tord Boontje and the village with crooked houses on which stands a golden Big Ben, realised by Studio Job.
A grassy hill that forms the head of a giant with large crystal eyes, who spits water, forms the entrance to this cave of wonders. Alongside stands a wood, designed by artists Andy Cao & Xavier Perrot, with plants installed on a mirror, equipped with steel trunks and crowns made of very fine wire mesh dotted with 800,000 crystals mounted by hand. The company’s museum, founded in the valleys of the Tyrol by Bohemian Daniel Swarovski in 1985, has, since its inauguration, hosted over 20 million international visitors who have come from afar to be dazzled by the crystal landscapes.
WHERE: Swarovski Kristallwelten, Kristallweltenstraße 1, 6112 Wattens, Austria