Blog — The One Room Fan Museum

5-Year Anniversary - Hobbit Day 2022

Kathy DrysdaleSeptember 22, 2022Lord of the Rings, Museum, Launch party, Hobbits, costumes Comment

LOTR Costume Trail - Weta Workshop celebrates movies' 20th anniversary

Loving the Weta Workshop costume trail in Wellington to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of the LOTR movies

Kathy DrysdaleMarch 18, 2022#Lord of the Rings, #The One Room Fan Museum, #costumes, #wetaworkshop, #fans, #LOTR20Comment

Hobbit and Museum Birthday!

On 22 September 2021 the One Room Fan Museum is 4 - on Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday!!

Kathy DrysdaleSeptember 21, 2021Lord of the Rings, Museum, Fans, Hobbits, BirthdayComment

We're part of this world

I feel so lucky to be here in NZ but please don’t let me be smug

Kathy DrysdaleSeptember 5, 2021Lord of the Rings, Museum, Fans, Covid-19, CostumesComment

Testing times

I’ve been feeling a bit mouldy and I finally get a Covid test. Probably not Covid, but I now have antibiotics for chest infection.

Kathy DrysdaleAugust 27, 2021Lord of the Rings, Fans, Museum, Costumes, Covid-19Comment

Check out this vlog!!

The vlog I’m loving that might make me stop blogging cos they’re such a funny, insightful take on lockdown

Kathy DrysdaleAugust 26, 2021Lord of the Rings, Fans, Museum, Covid-19, Couch Kumara, Costumes Comment

The right words

I’m back and my only real progress is on the Theoden helmet

Kathy DrysdaleAugust 25, 2021Lord of the Rings, Fans, Museum, Covid-19, CostumesComment

Fellowships

In which fellowships and crafting keep me going - and I no longer obsess over USA news!

Kathy DrysdaleAugust 22, 2021Lord of the Rings, Fans, Museum, Covid-19 Comment

Shire? Baggins?

Covid locations of interest in the heart of our hood

Kathy DrysdaleAugust 21, 2021Lord of the Rings, Fans, Museum, Covid-19Comment

And so it continues ...

Occupying myself with small things as our lockdown is extended for another 3 days

Kathy DrysdaleAugust 20, 2021Lord of the Rings, Fans, Museum, Covid-19Comment

Memory of this place

Memories of the last lockdown flood back

Kathy DrysdaleAugust 19, 2021Lord of the Rings, Fans, Museum, Covid-19, LockdownComment

Lockdown again!

NZ is in lockdown again!

Kathy DrysdaleAugust 18, 2021Lord of the Rings, Fans, Museum, Covid-19Comment

Edoras and more ...

In which we pick grapes, drink wine, and visit Edoras

Kathy DrysdaleApril 8, 2021Lord of the Rings, fan, Edoras, grape harvest Comment

Being on TV

Behind the scenes - how a LOTR superfan got to remember the fab LOTR movies as an important moment in NZ history on the TV series National Treasures

Kathy DrysdaleMarch 21, 2021Lord of the Rings, movies, Wellington, NZ, National Treasures Comments

LOTR enchants kids too!

The Museum is on a new adventure while the NZ borders are closed of welcoming more NZ kids and families to the Fan Museum - to revel our own movie history!

Kathy DrysdaleFebruary 18, 2021Lord of the Rings, Museum, Free, Family fun, costumes, Fan memorabiliaComment

Seeing the future

I love the idea of the Mirror of Galadriel

Kathy DrysdaleOctober 7, 2020Lord of the Rings, Museum, Fans, Costumes, FunComment

Grond

When visiting Weta Workshop to meet Richard Taylor recently, Grond was my favourite display figurine. Here’s why

Kathy DrysdaleSeptember 29, 2020Lord of the Rings, Fans, Museum, WetaComment

Exciting new Museum treasures & stories

Amazing visit to Weta Workshop - and Richard Taylor shares some treasures on loan to the Museum

Kathy DrysdaleSeptember 22, 2020Lord of the Rings, Museum, fans, treasures, WetaComment

Open again - almost on Hobbit Day!

Museum reopens again as we go back to Covid alert level 1 - just a day after Hobbit Day, the Museum’s 3rd anniversay

Kathy DrysdaleSeptember 21, 2020Lord of the Rings, Fans, Museum, Reopening, FunComment

Reflecting on treasure

Seeing something new when I look closely at a Museum treasure

Kathy DrysdaleJuly 29, 2020Lord of the Rings, Fans, HistoryComment

Seeing more of LOTR through fans’ eyes …