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Every year the Abegg-Stiftung stages a special exhibition on a specific theme. A detailed description of the current exhibition and selection of press photos are provided here. Guided tours of the exhibition with the curator responsible can be organized on request. Your contact person for press and publicity is Dominique Wyss. Contact

This year’s special exhibition is dedicated to furnishing textiles of the 4th–7th century.

Press Pack 2025

At Home in Late Antiquity – Furnishing Textiles of the 4th–7th century

Available Press Images

At Home in Late Antiquity – Furnishing Textiles of the 4th–7th century

Archive of Press Releases

At Home in Late Antiquity – Furnishing Textiles of the 4th–7th century

Flourishing India – Textiles From the Mughal Empire

Gold, Silk, Glue. An Embroidered Altarpiece and the Story of its Conservation

The Deceived Eye – Textile Effects and their Simulation

Last Garments. Grave Finds from the Assi el-Hadath Cave in Lebanon

Textile Treasures from Sainte-Foy Abbey in Conques

Humans, Beasts, Gods. Textile Treasures from Ancient Peru

An Inca Mantle from the Colonial Period

The Delights of Dining – Historical Linen Damasks

A Child’s Garment from Lebanon

Arabische Weber – Christliche Könige. Mittelalterliche Textilien aus Spanien

Velvets in Focus. New Acquisitions Augment the Collection

Luxury on the Nile – Late Antique Attire From Egypt

Princely Costume from Dresden

Colourful Aumônière

A Taste for the Exotic – European Silks of the Eighteenth Century

Artfully Wrapped Four – Ancient Egyptian Bird Mummies

Sidefiin und fadegrad – Die Abegg-Stiftung an der Museumsnacht in Bern, 17. März 2017

Material Traces – Conserving and Exploring Textiles

Sixteenth-Century Painted Leather Pouches for Archiving Documents

Friend and Foe – Animals in Medieval Textile Art

The Retable from Chicago – Conservation in the Abegg-Stiftung

Triumph of Ornament: Fifteenth-Century Italian Silk-Weaving

Veil and Adornment: Medieval Textiles and the Cult of Relics

The Pleasures of Collecting: Works of Art and Textiles from Historic Private Collections

Ornamenta: Textile Images of the Middle Ages

Reopening with a New Permanent Exhibition

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