ACAHUCH - 2024 Symposium - Keeping House

Through the one-day program of expert speakers and themed panel discussions, presenters at the 2024 annual ACAHUCH symposium will explore some of the significant issues facing institutions and properties today including innovative ways of reinterpreting and displaying the history, memories and stories that house museums harbour; challenges in sustaining, conserving and updating of material fabric, collections, interiors and gardens; the maintenance of viable support, management and ownership; and developing house museums in the Asian context. -- 00:00 Start 01:36 Introduction | Professor Hannah Lewi (ACAHUCH) 15:13 Session One: Succession - Navigating Challenges in Space and Time | Introduction 16:30 Professor Corbett Lyon | Lyonhouse Museum, Melbourne 32:43 Dr Georgina S Walker | The de Menil House, Houston 49:19 Dr Inga Fraser | Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge 1:06:39 Professor Derek Gillman | The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia 1:23:26 Session One: Q&A 1:37:34 Session Two (A): Interpreting House Museums: Telling and Showing | Introduction 1:38:27 Professor Hannah Lewi | Interpreting gender labour in heritage House Kitchens 1:55:27 Dr Georgina Downey | A reflection on Interpretation, Engagement and the challenges in running a House Museum tour business in SE Australia 2:15:52 Dr Scott Hill | Elizabeth Farm, Rosehill 2:38:57 Dr Andrew Murray | Isokon Building, London 2:55:33 John Curtin Project Slide Show | Professor Hannah Lewi 3:07:00 Session Two (B) Interpreting House Museums: Telling and Showing | Introduction  3:07:14 Dr Anna Wong and Virginia Rigney | Lanyon Homestead, Tharwa 3:32:17 Josephine Briginshaw | Boyd & Japan: Activating House and Archive 3:49:19 Session Two (A) & (B) : Q&A 4:12:29 Session Three: Conservation Challenges: Material Fabric, Gardens and Interiors | Introduction 4:13:13 Suzanne Bravery | Margaret Olley and the Transported Interior 4:31:12 Sheridan Burke | Building Resilience to Climate Change at Eryldene 4:46:28 Dr Louise Voll Box | The Johnston Collection, Melbourne 5:03:41 Samantha Westbrooke and Louise Honman | The Waller House, Melbourne 5:22:16 Session Three: Q&A 5:24:00 Session Four: House Museums in the South and South-East Asian Context | Introduction 5:24:18 Khoo Salma Nasution | Penang House Museum 5:37:00 Roger Beeston and Philippa Hall | Three Indian House Museum 5:53:49 Session Four: Q&A 5:55:17 Professor Hannah Lewi | Conclusion -- https://acahuch.msd.unimelb.edu.au/home/symposia/keeping-house-conserving,-managing-and-interpreting-house-museums -- ACAHUCH acknowledges the generous support of Dr Richard Simmie and the Jock Simmie Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage Research Fund, which assisted in the formation and running of this symposium.