The main goal of this report is to highlight the necessity of cooperation between various folk groups
(and folk ensembles) and local museums in the context of traditional folk costume research. Sewing
new outfits often breaks away from the local specifics as the folk groups do not know how to perform
research and with whom they can collaborate. This summary presents actual possibilities for cooperation
and puts emphasis on two levels– how a museum can help the folk groups and vice versa. An integral
part of this report covers the rights and responsibilities of deposit administrators as well as research
possibilities open to the researchers – professionals and layman alike, who are interested in traditional
folk clothing.