Historic palaces and houses that are Rehabilitated Are transformed into museums. | ||||
| International Journal of Humanities and Language Research | ||||
| Volume 7, Issue 1, June 2024, Page 1-16 PDF (531.54 K) | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijhlr.2024.426032 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Walaa Eldin Badawy Madbwly | ||||
| Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Palace and historic house museums—represented by collections of royal palaces or the residences of prominent political, artistic, economic, and scientific figures—are among the most important architectural products of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, embodying the formative features of classical architecture and art, as well as the mutual and shared influences of successive eras and states on Egyptian soil. Their interior design, including artistic and decorative objects, embodied social and economic characteristics and translated the concept of eclecticism or museumization as a style and approach prevalent among the societies of that period. This resulted in museum houses containing a rich record of the distinctive cultural heritage of that historical period. From this standpoint, the research aims to raise the issue of reviving historic house museums and reusing them as a nucleus or basic pillar for rediscovering and highlighting the forms of architectural and cultural renaissance during the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, and their effective role in enhancing the goals of cultural communication between local and regional communities sharing that heritage, through reviewing international concepts, foundations and pioneering experiences worldwide in developing that concept “historic house museums” and qualifying it for communication and openness to the public and the challenges of maintenance and museum display. The research then concludes by proposing three axes of work for the development of historic house museums, and concludes that these museums are a true embodiment of the distinctive cultural, artistic and political features of the nineteenth century and that they They represent the individual memory of their owners and the collective memory of their local and international communities. The research recommends supporting the concept of a shared global network of historic house museums. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Palace and historic house museums; Cultural heritage; Rehabilitation of houses and palaces as museums; International Committee of House Museums; 19th; century architectural renaissance | ||||
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