Previous Conferences

Since 2000, DEMHIST has been holding conferences.

Previous Conferences by DEMHIST

2023 Belgrade, Serbia, 22-27 october, 2023

Remembrances of Things Lost

Programme

Conference Website

2022 Prague/Czech Republic, 20 – 27 August 2022

The Power of Historic House Museums | House Museums and Risk ManagementE

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Conference Website

2021 Online, 4th October 2021

Sustainability

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2019 Kyoto, Japan, 1-7 september 2019

House Museums as Cultural Hubs – The Future of Tradition in a Global Context

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2019 Guimarães, Portugal, 2-4 May 2019, ICOM-Europa Seminar in cooperation with DEMHIST Portugal

Espaços de Memória em contextos museológicos

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2018 Baku, Azerbaijan, 10-12 October 2018

DEMHIST Conference

2017 London, United Kingdom, 14-17 October 2017

Are we trying hard enough? Making museums and historic houses relevant to audiences in the twenty-first century

2016 Milan, Italy, 3-9 July 2016

House Museums and the Interpretation of the Cultural Social Urban Landscape

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2015 Mexico City, Mexico, 19-21 October 2015

The Legacy of House Museums Promoting Dialogue among Generations

2014 Compiègne, France, 7-10 October 2014 (with the Association of European Royal Residences)

Authenticity in Conservation of Historic House Museums and Palaces

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2013 Rio de Janeiro/Brazil, 12-17 August 2013 (with GLASS, ICDAD and ICFA)

Places for Reflection. Historic House Museums as Connectors of Cultures, Times, People and Social Groups

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2012 Los Angeles/USA, 6-9 November 2012 (with ICOM-CC)

The Artifact, its Context and their Narrative. Multidisciplinary Conservation in Historic House Museums

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2012 Perugia/Italy, 18-20 April 2012, Uguccione Ranieri di Sorbello Foundation

House Museums. The Owners and their Art Collections

Preliminary Programme(PDF)
2011 Antwerp/Belgium, 17-20 October 2011

Catching the Spirit. Managing and communicating thetheatrical assets of Historic Houses

Conference Proceedings

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2010 Shanghai/China, 9 November 2010 (with ICDAD, ICFA and GLASS)

From Silk Road to Container Ship. Artefacts, environment and cultural transfer

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2010 Brno, Czech Republic, 21-24 April 2010 (with ICDAD)

National – International. Art and politics in houses and  interiors of the 20th century

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Review

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2009 Stavanger/Norway , 19 – 24 June 2009

Historic Houses as Documents of Social Life and Traditional Skills

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2008 Bogota/Colombia , 21 – 24 September 2008

Historic House Museums as a Bridge between Individual and Community

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2007 Vienna/Austria, 20-22 August 2007

A Kingdom for a House! Historic House Museums as Local, Regional and Universal Heritage

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2006 Valletta, 10-13 October 2006

Managing the Past for the Future. Sustaining Historic House Museums in the 21st Century

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2005 Lisbon, 12-14 October 2005

Safe Keepers of memory: Conservation of buildings and their collections

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2004 Berlin, 2-4 September 2004

Rooms with a view. Historic House Museums and their surroundings

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2003 Lenzburg, 8-10 October 2003

Facing and solving problems of Historic House Museums, examples and models

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2002 Amsterdam, 14-16 October 2002

Historic House Museums as witness of National and Local Identities

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2001 Barcelona, 2-5July 2001

New forms of Management for Historic House Museums?”

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2000 Genoa, 1-4 November 2000

Historic House Museums Speak to the Public: Spectacular Exhibits versus a Philological Interpretation of History

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