Deutsches Fastnachtmuseum, Carnival heritage museum in Kitzingen, Germany.

The Deutsches Fastnachtmuseum occupies a new building at Luitpoldstraße 4, reopened in November 2013 after the collection left the medieval Falterturm. Its displays cover masks, props, medals and medieval customs, with interactive stations and a virtual Narrentheater in which twelve traditional Fastnacht figures appear.

Founded in 1963 as a non-profit foundation under the concept "Fastnacht in the mirror of cultural-historical development", the museum opened officially in 1966 and was expanded in 1980 and 2001. Its permanent collection was long housed in the seven floors of the medieval Falterturm and in the Hans-Joachim-Schumacher-Haus on Rosenstraße. After the tower was rated a severe fire risk, the exhibition there closed in January 2011; a new Narrenzentrum was begun in March 2012 between Rosenstraße 10 and Luitpoldstraße 4, and the museum reopened there in November 2013.

The museum is the official museum of the Bund Deutscher Karneval, the umbrella organisation of over 5,200 carnival clubs, guilds and fools' associations. Its collection centres on masks, props, medals and orders, medieval customs, literature and documents. Among the holdings is Germany's oldest surviving fool's cap, made in 1840 and traced in Speyer.

The museum has been housed since November 2013 at Luitpoldstraße 4, in a complex between Rosenstraße 10 and Luitpoldstraße 4. The Zentralarchiv der Deutschen Fastnacht, the documentation centre for carnival customs, sits separately in the Kitzinger Marktturm beside the town hall. The building is a new structure, not the medieval Falterturm that held the collection until 2011.

The museum uses multimedia technology to bring traditional carnival characters to the attention of visitors. This interactive experience shows how long-established roles are presented through contemporary methods.