Textilmuseum Mindelheim, Textile museum in Mindelheim, Germany

The Textilmuseum Mindelheim is a textile museum housed in a former Jesuit College and presents extensive collections of historical clothing, accessories, and fine craft objects. The exhibition includes ecclesiastical vestments, fashion items from multiple centuries, and a specialized collection of lace and fans.

The museum traces its origin to a 1984 donation by Hilda Sandtner (1919–2006), a professor at the University of Augsburg who retired that year and gave her private collection of textiles and art objects to the city of Mindelheim. It opened in 1986 on the second floor of the former Jesuit college, run jointly by the city, the Unterallgäu district and the Swabian district alongside the Swabian Nativity Scene Museum and the South Swabian Archaeology Museum.

The collection displays garments from different periods and cultures that visitors can see and explore throughout the exhibition spaces. The displays show how different fabrics, stitching techniques, and decorative methods were used for both everyday wear and special occasions.

The museum occupies the second floor of the former Jesuit college, where three departments follow one another: fashion, domestic culture from 1850 to 1920, and church vestments. The oldest textile on show dates from the 15th century, the youngest from the end of the 20th. The same building also houses the Swabian Nativity Scene Museum and the South Swabian Archaeology Museum.

The oldest textile in the collection dates from the 15th century, the youngest from the end of the 20th. The vestment section also holds an altar installation whose objects come partly from the pre-Baroque high altar of the parish church of St. Stephan.