The Theme
The theme of DEMHIST's 2002 conference in Amsterdam is, The Historic House Museum as an Important Witness of National and Local Identities.
The conference was conducted with both talks and practical workshops.
The Acts gather the authors' contributions.
Heartfelt thanks to Dr. Wim Jacobs of the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage for volunteering to host the conference.
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HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUMS AS WITNESSES OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL IDENTITIES
Rosanna Pavoni, ed. Editorial assistance and English translations: Starleen K. Meyer
[Acts of the 3° International Conference of DEMHIST] Milan: DEMHIST/Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, 2003
The Acts of the Third International Conference of DEMHIST held in Amsterdam, 14-16 October 2002, have 23 b/w images e 3 color images, and are available directly from DEMHIST. For further information, please contact the Secretary-Treasurer or the Chair of DEMHIST.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
Rik Vos
Director, ICN-Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage
INTRODUCTION
Rosanna Pavoni
Chair, DEMHIST
OPENING LECTURES
FRANS GRIJZENHOUT
Empty Places: Historic Houses and National Memory
FRANS VAN BURKOM
A House in Holland...Identity in the Future
CONTRIBUTIONS (in alphabetical order)
HANS CHRISTOPH ACKERMANN
The Abegg Villa in Riggisberg
JULIUS BRYANT
Houses for Heroes: the Rise of the Personality Museum in Britain, 1840-2002
MAGALY CABRAL
The Role of the Historic House Museum in Local and National Identities: the House of Rui Barbosa
MICHELLE FACOS
The Larsson Home at Lilla Hyttnas as a Witness of Local Identity
SHARON HIRSH
The House as Sanctuary: Belgian Symbolist Interiors
ELOY KOLDERWEIJ
The Mastboomhuis in Oud-Gastel, The Netherlands
HUGH MAGUIRE
Heartbreak House: The Irish County House and the Question of Identity
MARIA DE JESUS MONGE
The Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa: the House of the Braganza Territorial Seat, and a National Symbol
LINDA YOUNG
Memory, Forgetting and Invention in National Identity: Australia's Historic House Museums
KAREN ZUKOWSKI
The White House: America's Home
WORKSHOP 1: The Second Phase of the Categorization Project: Understanding Your House Through Sub-Categories
Rosanna Pavoni, moderatrice
ROSANNA PAVONI
The Second Phase of the Categorization Project: Understanding Your House Through Sub-Categories
TERRY DAVIS
Historic House Museums in America - a National Perspective
STARLEEN K. MEYER
The DEMHIST Categorization Project: Collaborator's Note
FREDERICK FISHER
Change of Nomenclature: Clarity of Purpose
CHARLOTTE SMITH
The House Enshrined: How Great Man House Museums Shaped Civic Consciousness
WORKSHOP 2: The Value of the House Museum: How to Deal with Copyright Issues for the Benefit of the House and its Collection
G. Guerzoni, moderatore
Heidy van Beurden, Maaike Staffhorst, summary
WORKSHOP 3: Kasteel Amerongen: How and Where to Start When the Problems are Substantial. An Integrated Approach for the Historic House Museum
T. Luger, moderatore
Thijs Boers, Tessa Luger, summary
WORKSHOP 4: Rescue of the Former Museum of Artis-Zoo: Preservation, Restoration, Destination. How and Where to Start? A Chance for the New Museum-Axis in Amsterdam
A. Odding, moderatore
Joost Willink, summary
APPENDIX: MUSEUM VISITS
Starleen K. Meyer and Maaike Staffhorst
Museum Excursions during the DEMHIST and ICN 2002 Conference in Amsterdam: Practical Observations Based on Theoretical Discourse
Two other conferences DEMHIST organized during its first three years:
Genua - November 2000 (Acts available from DEMHIST)
Barcelona - July 2001 (Acts available from DEMHIST)
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