[3][4][5] The project began in 1906, with a letter from Jung to his cousin Ernst Robert Fiechter (1875–1948), architect and professor of architecture history at the Technical University of Munich: "We have in mind to build a house someday, in the country near Zürich, on the lake".

[6] At that time, Jung was an assistant medical director at the Burghölzli psychiatric clinic in Zürich, with limited financial resources.

[7] In 1908, he bought the land, and commissioned the construction of a large three-story house to his cousin Ernst Robert Fiechter and to garden architects Walter and Oskar Mertens.

[12] The lounge, dining room and veranda, host a permanent exhibition dedicated to Jung's family life and activities in his spare time.

Another room is reserved for temporary exhibitions, hosting extended samples that illustrate the general themes of the museum.