The Franziskanermuseum and the Café im Franziskaner are ready for the “high days” of Carnival.
The Carnival exhibition “Night at the Museum: The Figures of Ingeborg Jaag' is also open this year on Carnival Monday and Carnival Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors from out of town and guests are warmly welcome. Admission is free! The museum will be closed only on Fat Thursday.
The Café im Franziskaner, with Mirella Fanelli and her team, will be joining in the festivities: on Fat Thursday and Carnival Sunday, starting at 12 p.m. each day. On Carnival Monday, the festivities begin as early as 8 a.m., and the Fastnachtsstüble will also be open all day on Carnival Tuesday.
The Franciscan Museum invites children ages 4 and up and their families to a Carnival tour. Museum educator Ute Pernt explains the origins of Carnival traditions in a playful way and describes the significance of the foxtail, donkey head, and straw in an age-appropriate manner. The children will also have the chance to slip into a traditional costume of their choice. After the museum tour, they’ll have the opportunity to choose a character from the Villingen Carnival Guild and make a stick puppet of it.
With Gunther Schwarz. After the rescue of the cat “Miau” from the Romäus Tower and before the handover of the keys at City Hall, this carnival-themed tour offers the chance to see and hear history and stories in the Carnival section of the Franciscan Museum. Museum guide Gunther Schwarz, known for his performances at pub carnivals, will once again offer his popular carnival-themed museum tour on Carnival Sunday and promises visitors a great carnival atmosphere here as well.
Before Ingeborg Jaag’s Carnival figures disappear back into the storage cabinets of the Franziskanermuseum, museum director Dr. Anita Auer will lead a tour through the museum’s Carnival section on the last day of the special exhibition, offering insights into the cultural and historical background of the tradition. Does the Butzesel really chase away winter? And how old is Carnival, anyway?
In the exhibition series “Heinzmann Collection,” featuring works by well-known Villingen painters, the third installment is titled “The Shadow of War.” In this public guided tour, Dr. Michael Hütt explores the multifaceted influence of World War I events on Villingen’s classical modernist art. Among those affected by the war were the Villingen painters Ludwig Engler, Waldemar Flaig, and Richard Ackermann, who fought as soldiers on the front lines and later processed their experiences in their paintings.
The special exhibition can be viewed at the Old Town Hall through March 4, 2018, on Saturdays from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The richly illustrated book by Ingeborg Jaag featuring the popular Carnival characters, titled “Fasnet in Doll Format,” is available year-round for 12 euros in the museum shop. Additional Carnival souvenirs, such as Carnival badges, pins, small masks, and postcards, are available from Wirtschaft- und Tourismus GmbH in the Franziskaner shop.
This year’s History Action Day in the Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg Region has the theme “1918: A Turning Point—War, Revolution, Republic.” The event focuses on a pivotal period in history. World War I and its aftermath, the revolutionary events, the end of the monarchy, and the hopeful dawn of the republic. All these topics will be explored through lectures and guided tours. Historical societies, museums, and archives will showcase their activities at booths.
Organizers: City Archives, District Archives, and the Franciscan Museum.
