Deutsches Fastnachtmuseum

Over het museum

The idea for a museum of Fastnacht came from the Fastnacht expert Hans Joachim Schumacher, who won over Kitzingen carnival enthusiasts and the Bund Deutscher Karneval (German Carnival Association) to the project. After the renovation of the leaning Falterturm, a landmark of the town, the Deutsches Fastnachtmuseum opened there in 1967 as the official museum of the Bund Deutscher Karneval. To secure the holdings permanently, they were transferred to a non-profit foundation in 1981.

In the 1980s the Central Archive of German Fastnacht and a European documentation center for Fastnacht customs were added. Because the Falterturm could no longer be used for fire safety reasons, the museum moved at the end of 2010 into buildings on Rosenstraße and Luitpoldstraße, which were connected by a modern link building; the conversion was completed in 2014. The client and operator is the Stiftung Kulturzentrum Fasching – Fastnacht – Karneval. Since 2019 the Deutsche FastnachtAkademie has also been housed in the same building.

The collection is one of the most important of its kind in the German-speaking world and includes masks, costumes, ceremonial props, jester literature, and one of the largest collections of carnival medals in the world. Among the key holdings are historic Rhön masks. The permanent exhibition, covering more than 400 square meters, leads from the medieval jester through the courtly masked festivals of the Baroque to present-day carnival.

Hoogtepunten

• Official museum of the Bund Deutscher Karneval
• Permanent exhibition of more than 400 m² from the Middle Ages to today
• One of the largest collections of carnival medals in the world
• Historic Rhön masks from the Friedrich Münch collection
• Free audio guide with about 30 stops
• Historic vaulted cellar "Wolfshöhle"

Vaste collectie

• Dauerausstellung Fasching, Fastnacht, Karneval – A tour through the cultural history of the "fifth season": from the medieval jester through mask and fire customs and courtly costume festivals to carnival princes and princesses, dance guards, and the Büttenrede (carnival speech).

Opgericht

1967

Beheerder

Stiftung Kulturzentrum Fasching, Fastnacht, Karneval

Directie

Romana Wahner

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

All exhibition rooms are wheelchair-accessible.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Kinderfeestjes

Children's and family tours, workshops for making masks, medals, or jester caps, and the Chaos Game (ages 8 and up) for groups; the program can also be booked for children's birthday parties, with a party in the vaulted cellar with kitchen possible. The mascot Molli Mops accompanies children through the museum.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Centrally located near Königsplatz on the pedestrian zone; accessible by car via the A3, A7, and B8.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Museumwinkel

The cafeteria and museum shop are open during opening hours.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Privéfeesten
• Zakelijke evenementen

Tot 60 personen.

Historic vaulted cellar "Wolfshöhle" with stage, lighting and sound equipment, and kitchen: up to 60 people in rows of seats, up to 50 at tables; rental €75 per hour, €50 from the third hour. Outside catering and sparkling wine receptions possible. In the same building, the Deutsche FastnachtAkademie rents out a hall, seminar room, and multipurpose room, including for company parties.

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