• Address

    Abegg-Stiftung, Werner Abeggstrasse 67, Postfach, CH-3132 Riggisberg, Switzerland, Telephone: 0041 (0)31 808 12 01, Fax: 0041 (0)31 808 12 00, info@abegg-stiftung.ch

    Opening hours

     

    Permanent and special exhibition

    28 April to 10 November 2024, daily from 2 pm to 5.30 pm

    Villa Abegg

    28 April to 10 November 2024, daily in the afternoon, advance reservation by telephone recommended

    Getting here by car

    Motorway A6, exit Rubigen/Belp, free car park available

    Getting here by public transport

    Regional train to Toffen, postbus from Toffen to Riggisberg

Archive

2023
Textile Treasures from Sainte-Foy Abbey in Conques, 15 September to 12 November 2023
Open
2023
Last Garments. Grave Finds from the Assi el-Hadath Cave in Lebanon, 30 April to 12 November 2023
Open
2022
An Inca Mantle from the Colonial Period, 16 September to 13 November 2022
Open
2022
Humans, Beasts, Gods. Textile Treasures from Ancient Peru, 1 May to 13 November 2022
Open
2021
A Child’s Garment from Lebanon, 10 September to 7 November 2021
Open
2021
The Delights of Dining – Historical Linen Damasks, 25 April to 7 November 2021
Open
2020
Velvets in Focus. New Acquisitions Augment the Collection, 1 September to 8 November 2020
Open
2020
Arab Weavers – Christian Kings. Medieval Textiles from Spain, 26 April to 8 November 2020
Open
2019
Colourful Aumônière, 14 September – 10 November 2019
Open
2019
Princely Costume from Dresden, 14 September – 10 November 2019
Open
2019
Luxury on the Nile – Late Antique Attire From Egypt, 28 April – 10 November 2019
Open
2018
Artfully Wrapped Four - Ancient Egyptian Bird Mummies, 12 September to 11 November 2018
Open
2018
A Taste for the Exotic – European Silks of the Eighteenth Century, 29 April – 11 November 2018
Open
2017
Sixteenth-Century Painted Leather Pouches for Archiving Documents, 13 September – 12 November 2017
Open
2017
Material Traces – Conserving and Exploring Textiles, 30 April – 12 November 2017
Open
2017
sidefiin und fadegrad – The Abegg-Stiftung at the Museum Night Bern on 17 March 2017
Open
2016
The Retable from Chicago - Conservation in the Abegg-Stiftung, 22 September – 13 November 2016
Open
2016
Friend and Foe – Animals in Medieval Textile Art, 24 April – 13 November 2016
Open
2015
Triumph of Ornament: Fifteenth-Century Italian Silk-Weaving, 26 April – 8 November 2015
Open
2014
Veil and Adornment: Medieval Textiles and the Cult of Relics, 27 April – 9 November 2014
Open
2013
The Pleasures of Collecting: Works of Art and Textiles from Historic Private Collections, 28 April – 10 November 2013
Open
2012
Ornamenta: Textile Images of the Middle Ages, 29 April – 11 November 2012
Open
2011
Reopening with a New Permanent Exhibition, 18 September – 13 November 2011
Open