ACAHUCH - Symposium 2024 - Keeping House

ACAHUCH's annual symposium is supported by The Jock Simmie Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage Research Fund. Through this generosity we are able to further knowledge and accessibility to architectural history, conservation and heritage.

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KEEPING HOUSE: conserving, managing and interpreting house museums

The 2024 annual ACAUCH symposium focuses on the fascinating world of house museums. Invited expert speakers drawn from academia, the museum and heritage sectors will tease out the significant contemporary issues and opportunities facing this unique genre of public / private cultural institution. Through an array of Australian and international exemplars, themed panels will explore innovative ways of interpreting the history, memories and stories that house museums harbour; challenges in conserving material fabric, house interiors and gardens; the maintenance of support, management and ownership; and house museums in the context of south-east Asia.

Session One: Succession: navigating challenges in space and time

• Corbett Lyon, Lyons
  Lyon Housemuseum Galleries, Melbourne

• Derek Gillman, former director of Barnes Foundation
  Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
• Inga Fraser, Cambridge University
  Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
• Georgina Walker, University of Melbourne
  Menil House, Houston

Session Two: Interpreting house museums: telling and showing

• Hannah Lewi, University of Melbourne
  Interpreting gendered labour in heritage house kitchens
• Georgina Downey, University of Adelaide
  Tales from a historic house museum guide
• Andrew Murray, University of Melbourne
  ISOKON gallery, London & Jencks Cosmic House, London
• Josephine Briginshaw, Robin Boyd Foundation
  The Digital Interpretation of Boyd's Walsh Street House

Session Three:

• Suzanne Bravery, University of Sydney
  The transported interior: Margaret Olley
• Sheridan Burke, Independent Researcher and Heritage Consultant
  Eryldene House and garden sustainability, New South Wales
• Louise Voll Box, Johnston Collection Melbourne
  Ethical dilemmas in house museum collections
• Sam Westbrooke & Louise Honman, National Trust Victoria
  Challenges of conserving the Waller House, Melbourne
• Anna Cossu, Museums of History NSW,
  Susannah Place, The Rocks

Session Four:

• Salma Khoi Nasution, Miles Lewis Fellow 2024
  Penang House Museums
• Roger Beeston, RBA Architects and Heritage Consultants
  Kamarajar Memorial House Virudhunagar, India

Plenary:

TBC

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Zoom link will be sent via email.

The event will be recorded and a link will be posted to the ACAHUCH website and the Melbourne School of Design Youtube under the ACAHUCH playlist in the weeks after the event.

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CONTACT

The symposium team is Hannah Lewi and Theo Blankley.

Enquiries | ACAHUCH Coordinator : [email protected]

Banner Image: Interior of Curtin Family House, National Trust WA (Image Supplied: Hannah Lewi)

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Japanese Room, Level 4, Glyn Davis Building (Melbourne School of Design),, Masson Rd, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia