Students and lecturers can borrow individual items for seminars and university projects. The protection of the objects is paramount, which is why not everything may be borrowed. Items can be borrowed during the opening hours of the collections.
The conditions under which items can be borrowed can be found in the loan regulations or, in some cases, as a note in the database for the respective item. The Custodian's service also includes preparing a thematic preselection of objects for teaching and instruction and making them available for collection. If you have any questions, please contact us during opening hours or send us an email.

Opening hours and lending: By appointment

Do your clothes tell a story? Then we would be delighted if you could donate clothes and history to us. As there is no purchase budget for the collection, we are dependent on donations of objects to expand the collection.

Criteria:

• Compliance with the collection concept
• Accurate object details (origin, appearance, dating)
• Personal connection to the objects (own wearing history, heirlooms)
• Sufficient contextual material (stories, photos, biographies)
• Information on the scope of the donation
• Only donations - no loans - will be included in the collection

Procedure:

1. Clarification of the criteria by phone or email
2. Appointment made
3. Viewing of the donations at the Institute of Material Culture or at your home. In addition: Discussion about the objects with the staff of the collections of the Institute of Material Culture
4. Decision on inclusion of the objects by the collection trustees
5. Notification of whether the objects will be included in the collection
6. Donation contract

The process from viewing the object to notification of acceptance can take 1-2 months.

Please refrain from sending items of clothing to the Institute without consulting those responsible for the collection.