Maren Raetzer
Maren Raetzer is director of the Hessian Puppet Museum in Hanau. She is also a Visiting Lecturer in Fashion and Costume History. She studied folkore and art history in Göttingen, and in 2002 earned a doctorate for her dissertation on “Damast aus Grossschönau.” She went on to work at Hannover’s Historical Museum, amongst others in the costume research unit, where she curated various exhibitions. Selected publications: «Christliches Gedankengut in Damast gewebt,» Tagungsband des Arbeitskreises Bild Druck Papier. Vol. 14. (2010), pp. 171-195; «Gewänder für die Töchter der Amazonen,» in: Pferdestärken (2007), pp. 175-181; «Stolz und Schönheit auf dem Lande - Regionale Selbstdarstellung im Spiegel niedersächsischen Schmucks» (2003).
