This is where the journey begins — through rooms once lived in, stories once whispered, and atmospheres that linger long after the tour ends. House museums Blog

Casa del Petrarca in Arquà Petrarca, near Padua – the final home of the great Italian poet Francesco Petrarca.

Is it authentic? Not really. Is it magical? Absolutely. Juliet’s House in Verona proves that myths still move us. Enter the story and decide for yourself.

Emery Walker’s House in London – a perfectly preserved Arts and Crafts interior and a quiet homage to friendship, beauty, and socialist ideals.

Visiting the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam — discovering the life and work of a master artist.

A personal journey through the house museums of Tito’s early life — from the birth homes of his mother and aunt in Slovenia to the Tito’s own in Kumrovec.

The Arnold Schwarzenegger Museum is a unique house museum that blends memorabilia with authenticity.

This year’s Demhist Open Talks went beyond expectations. Again.
Parallel Narratives in House Museums.

Mussolini’s House museums. The role of house museums — not to glorify the past, but to confront it.

A slow walk through Triglav National Park leads to the Pocar Homestead — a 240-year-old house museum.

Two Mozart house museums in Salzburg. One genius. A surreal Salzburg journey into music and a few odd souvenirs.

The Bartolotti House in Amsterdam is
no ordinary house museum.
Here, they want you
to touch things.

This is the home of Jože Plečnik — Slovenia’s greatest architect. A genius. A mystic. A man who saw cities as sacred spaces.

Open Talks 2024 conference focused on a vital theme:
Historic House Museums and Their Communities.

It’s not just a writer’s house.
It’s a labyrinth.
A mirror maze.
A mind split into seventy selves.

Let me just say: nothing prepares you for this town. And amidst this spiritual carnival, there are house museums.

Finžgar’s birth house Doslovče is a perfect example of what Slovenians once called a kajža – a poor man’s home. Funny how times change.

DEMHIST is an international ICOM committee dedicated to historic house museums —
from grand castles to humble cottages.

Šivic’s House itself isn’t about grand revelations.
It’s a house of corners, light, and quiet remembering.

The Mondriaan House. Yes, that Mondriaan. The one with the squares and lines.

A room that once belonged to Ivan Cankar — the rebel writer, the essayist, the dramatist, the poet.

It’s almost impossible to imagine that Gustav Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand was written in such a tiny hut.

The Župančič Memorial Room is not where you’d expect it. You’ll find it tucked inside the Oton Župančič Library.

Sometimes, life just takes you places. And the next thing you know – you’re watching Iggy Pop in the gardens of Palazzo Te.

This house it’s not just a memorial. It’s a cultural statement. Slovenia’s first house museum – dedicated to a national figure.

Sometimes house museums aren’t small cottages. Sometimes they’re giant palaces that demand your time & your legs.