{"id":2056,"date":"2016-01-08T14:47:36","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T13:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abegg-stiftung.ch\/en\/villa-abegg\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T09:06:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T08:06:28","slug":"villa-abegg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abegg-stiftung.ch\/en\/villa-abegg\/","title":{"rendered":"<span style=\"color:#a98141\">Villa Abegg <\/span>   The Founder\u2019s Private Home is now a Museum \u2013 Closed during Winter, Season Opening 26 April 2026<span style=\"color:grey\"><\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the Abegg-Stiftung was founded in 1961, Werner and Margaret Abegg already had plans to open their home to the public at some future date. In both period and theme, the Villa Abegg was intended to complement and augment the institute\u2019s collections. Architecturally, the villa completed in the late 1960s follows the North Italian Baroque, as represented by the school of Filippo Juvara (1678 \u2013 1736). 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