The Korbmarkt Museum (Basket Market Museum) in the town centre documents Lichtenfels's identity as Germany's basket-weaving capital. The collection covers everything from traditional willow baskets to modern design pieces, tracing how a peasant cottage industry became a recognised craft with its own dedicated school.
The basket-weaving college attached to the museum still trains students, and the town's street signs and decorations reflect this unusual speciality. The market square on market days sometimes has basket-sellers setting up beside the regular produce stalls, a continuation of a trade that has gone on here for centuries. The museum is small but specific in the best way — it knows exactly what it is about.