Black Forest Costume Museum

Black Forest Costume Museum
	The Black Forest Costume Museum inside of the former Capuchin abbey
Established	1980
Location	Haslach im Kinzigtal, Black Forest, Germany
Type	Folk museum, Local museum
Website	https://www.schwarzwald-tourismus.info/attraktionen/schwarzwaelder-trachtenmuseum-haslach-494b1a2f4d

The Black Forest Costume Museum (German: Schwarzwälder Trachtenmuseum) is a museum in the convent building of the former Capuchin abbey in Haslach im Kinzigtal in the Baden-Württemberg county of Ortenaukreis in south Germany.^[1]

The museum was opened in 1980 in the renovated buildings of the abbey. It portrays the history and development of traditional folk costume in the Black Forest and its surrounding regions.^[2]

Exhibits

The museum houses some of the most important original costumes from the following regions:

Central Black Forest
Southern Black Forest
Northern Black Forest (Foothills on the Upper Rhine Plain)
Black Forest perimeter
Ried
Breisgau
Markgräflerland

Over 100 life-size figures are displayed with many charming details for special occasions and from everyday.^[3]

Influenced by the respective zeitgeist and fashion trends, by prosperity, poverty and denominational ties, the individual costumes of the Black Forest in the 18th century all have their own twist.^[4]

Themes

Bonnets and hats, e. g. the Bollenhut
Bridal crowns (Schäppel )
Civic dress
Work clothing

The Old Capuchin abbey

The old Capuchin monastery (built 1630–32), which houses this collection of costumes, is the only completely preserved baroque monastery of the Capuchin order in all of southern Germany.^[5]