C. G. Jung residence, Historic residence and museum in Küsnacht, Switzerland.
The C. G. Jung residence is a three-story house built in 1908 at Seestrasse 228 in Küsnacht, next to Lake Zürich. Its pale walls and dark brown tiled roofs cover a multi-part composition: a tall white chimney-like tower with a dark cap, a white wing with tall vertical windows and a small oval window, a long white section with a single round window, and a yellow wing with green-shuttered windows and a corner tower under a conical red-tiled roof with a slender finial.
The house was designed in 1908 by architect Ernst Robert Fiechter and served as Jung's home and workplace for more than 50 years. The Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology made it the center of his practice and intellectual work until his death in 1961.
The museum calls itself a scholar's house, with the motto "Guest at C. G. and Emma Jung-Rauschenbach's house". The lounge, dining room and veranda hold a permanent exhibition on Jung's family life and spare-time activities, while the study, waiting room and library show his working style and research interests. One further room is given to temporary exhibitions.
Access is provided through Seestrasse and the grounds sit directly on the lakefront, offering both water and road access. Visitors should plan ahead since guided tours require advance booking and offer the best way to see the interior spaces properly.
Latin inscriptions are carved in stone: the Delphi oracle's "Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit" over the entrance door, and a dedication above commemorating the house's completion on the shore of Lake Zürich. Jung's grandson Andreas Jung, who lives in the house, received Küsnacht's 2023 Culture Prize for turning it into a residential museum.
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