U tekstu se opisuje fundus i razvoj Posudionice i radionice narodnih nošnji koja je po djelatnostima i zbirci, u kojoj je pohranjeno više od 29.000 dijelova narodnih nošnji i folklornih kostima, jedinstvena ustanova u Republici Hrvatskoj. Predstavljaju se rariteti u zbirci, načini čuvanja, pohranjivanja i održavanja te proces zaštite zbirke kao kulturnog dobra. Ističu se postignuća u rekonstruktorsko-restauratorskoj djelatnosti, doprinos očuvanju hrvatske tradicijske kulturne baštine, obnovi tekstilnog rukotvorstva te utjecaj na razvoj kostimografije na amaterskoj folklornoj sceni.The article describes the holdings and the development of the National Costume Rental and Production Workshop (hereinafter: Workshop) which looks after more than 29,000 parts of national and folklore costumes and which is, in terms of its activity and its collection, a unique institution in the Republic of Croatia. The article presents rare
items in the collection, the ways of its conservation, storage and maintenance, and the process of protection of the collection as cultural property. It highlights the advances in reconstruction&restoration, the contribution of the collection to the preservation of the Croatian traditional cultural heritage, to the reconstruction of textile handicrafts, and its impact on the development of costimography on the amateur folklore scene
