Previous Conferences
Since 2000, DEMHIST has been holding conferences.
Previous Conferences by DEMHIST
| 2025 | Open Talks, Online, 11-12 june, 2025
“Parallel narratives in historic house museums“ |
Conference Archive |
| 2024 | Open Talks, Online, 25-27 november, 2024
“House Museums and their Communities“ |
Conference Archive |
| 2023 | Belgrade, Serbia, 22-27 october, 2023
“Remembrances of Things Lost“ |
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| 2022 | Prague/Czech Republic, 20 – 27 August 2022
“The Power of Historic House Museums | House Museums and Risk ManagementE“ |
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| 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” Conference in collaboration with Demhist |
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| 2018 | Baku, Azerbaijan, 10-12 October 2018
“DEMHIST Conference“ |
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| 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“ |
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| 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“ |
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| 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” Conference in collaboration with Demhist |
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“ |
Abstracts
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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” Conference in collaboration with Demhist |
Program
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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“ |
Abstracts
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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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