Join the Library and Archives & Special Collections for an event program organized and presented by ArtCenter Integrated Studies faculty John David O’Brien.

When a House Is Not Just a Home but a Museum
Wednesday, February 19, 2024
12:30 – 1:30pm

These presentations (or should I say "topics") focus on the difference between house museums and other kinds of museums. House museums are a special kind of Museum as they are not the result of acquisitions, donations, commitment, but instead are a collection specifically connected with the place which hosts the artworks, objects, memorabilia etc. contained in that place. Generally house museums do not display unique artworks, so its value is not so much depending on the single object as from the connections and stories of all the material displayed and preserved and the people who frequents these places.

The house of Hendrik Christian Andersen and that of Mario Praz, both in Rome, are case studies and we will be talking about them to map out this larger, extremely interesting and expanding phenomenon.

"House is not a home"
Dr. Maria Giuseppina Di Monte
Director, Hendrik Christian Andersen Museum

“Experiences of preservation and enhancement of House museums : the case of Villa Helene”
Arch. Maddalena Paolillo
Officer Pantheon Castel Sant’Angelo DMN Rome

“Perception, Communication, Valorisation by the National Directorate of the Museum Houses of the City of Rome”
Dr. Valentina Filamingo
Office of public relations and communications, Hendrick Christian Andersen Museum

“The Archive of the Hendrik Christian Andersen House Museum and the Documents of the World City”
Dr. Aurora Cubeddu
Art Historian of Hendrik Christian Andersen Museum

"Heritage meets Education: The role of house museums in lifelong learning”
Prof. Giuseppe Carci
Associate Professor in Experimental Pedagogy, Universitas Mercatorum

"Global policy and international organizations: Improving the quality of arts education for all through non-traditional learning spaces"
Prof. Cecilia Bibbó
Visiting Assistant Professor, State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany

Image: Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen