Dear Collegue,
Please find the following 'Call for Papers'
I would be grateful if you could bring it to the attention of your
colleagues and those associated with historic houses.

With best wishes.

Dr. Hugh Maguire


CALL FOR PAPERS

Rooms With A View:
House Museums and Their Surroundings

Berlin: 1-4 September 2004

The Conference will focus on the urban house museum and its social
environment as well as the historic house park in suburban settings. Other
relevant topics may include security issues, conservation strategies as
regards public events and the public function of historic house museums.
All curators, directors, museums professionals and those with an interest
in the preservation and interpretation of historic house museums are
invited to attend.

The deadline for concise 250-300 word abstracts is 31, May. Presented
papers should be no more than 20 mins in length. Preference in the
selection of papers may be given to members of DEMHIST. For membership
please contact your local office, or national chair, of ICOM. Please
indicate your full contact details and professional affiliation if any.
Submissions should be made in Word compatible format.

DEMHIST is the ICOM International Committee for Historic House Museums.
Established in 1999 it has hosted a range of international conferences
(Genoa, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Switzerland) and works to form professional
links across the historic house museum sector internationally.

For Further Information Please Contact

Sibylle Hoiman
Stiftung Schlosser und Garten Berlin-Brandenburg
Postfach 601462
14414 Potsdam
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Or

Dr. Hugh Maguire
Secretary / Treasure DEMHIST
Tel: + 353 (0) 1 8307527
Mob: + 353 (0)87 968 3754
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The Conference will take place immediately in advance of the annual
conference , also in Berlin, of  ICOM-ICDAD, the International Committee of
Decorative Arts and Design

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