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Abegg-Stiftung

Art
History and tradition
Riggisberg
Switzerland
Abegg-Stiftung
The Abegg-Stiftung is committed to the collection, conservation and study of historical textiles. It is based just outside the village of Riggisberg in the foothills of the Bernese Alps, which is where the museum of textiles and applied art, the research library and the Villa Abegg, the Abeggs’ former home that is now a museum, are situated. The studio for textile conservation and restoration is also a training centre for budding young conservators. The Abegg-Stiftung publishes books and papers in which it shares its research findings with fellow historians and conservators as well as a lay readership. Year after year, its annual exhibitions shed new light on a material that has served humanity for thousands of years, whether made up into objects of everyday use or in the form of exquisite works of art.
Adresse

Abegg-Stiftung

Werner Abeggstrasse 67
3132
Riggisberg
Switzerland
+41 31 808 12 01
Horaires d'ouverture
Monday - Sunday: 14:00-17:30
 

46.815412, 7.494729

Tunic made of cotton with silk embroidery, Mount Lebanon, 13th century Direction Générale des Antiquités du Liban, inv. no. 116369 Photo: © Abegg-Stiftung, CH-3132 Riggisberg (Christoph von Viràg)
Riggisberg
Last Garments. Grave finds from the Assi el-Hadath cave in Lebanon

The Abegg-Stiftung has been conserving textiles from the National Museum of Beirut for several years now. The textiles are shrouds and garments discovered in the Assi el-Hadath cave on Mount Lebanon ...

Exhibition