Rheinisches Fastnachtsmuseum Koblenz

About the museum

The idea of a carnival museum in Koblenz took shape in the late 1990s, when the Landesmuseum (state museum) at Festung Ehrenbreitstein first brought together festive exhibits in an exhibition. A newly founded association seized the opportunity, asked the Koblenz carnival clubs for loans, and built up a collection of orders, uniforms, pictures and accessories from Rosenmontag floats. The city made the Kehlturm of the Prussian Fort Konstantin available; the association itself took charge of the interior fit-out.

The museum opened on April 19, 2001. Since 2003 the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Koblenzer Karneval (Koblenz Carnival Working Group) has run it on a volunteer basis, supported by a friends' association. The collection of carnival orders spans from 1930 to the present; for lack of space, only part of it is on display. Further large order collections have since been added.

The museum is not limited to Koblenz: across roughly 350 square meters it traces the Rhine from Basel through the Swabian-Alemannic Fasnet to Mainz, Bonn, Cologne and Düsseldorf. On the lower floor, leaded-glass coats of arms recall the Koblenz carnival societies affiliated with it.

Highlights

• Carnival orders from 1930 to the present
• Uniforms, regalia and pictures of the Koblenz clubs
• Rhenish carnival from Basel to Düsseldorf
• Leaded-glass coats of arms of the Koblenz carnival clubs
• Location in the historic Kehlturm of Fort Konstantin

Permanent exhibitions

• Karnevalsorden und Ornate – Orders from roughly ninety years, along with regalia and uniforms, show the development of Koblenz carnival.
• Fastnacht entlang des Rheins – Exhibits from Basel, the Swabian-Alemannic Fasnet, Mainz, Bonn, Cologne and Düsseldorf contrast regional customs.
• Wappen der Koblenzer Karnevalsvereine – On the lower floor, handmade leaded-glass coats of arms present the societies affiliated with the AKK.

Founded

2001

Operated by

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Koblenzer Karneval e. V. (AKK) mit Förderverein Rheinisches Fastnachtsmuseum

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Getting there & parking

The museum is in the Kehlturm of Fort Konstantin at the foot of the Karthause, at the junction of federal highways B 9 and B 327.

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