International Days of the Houses of Memory have arisen

An event that will involve house museums from all over the world

Firenze, 8 novembre 2024 – It had already been announced a few months ago at the Acamfe (Association of House-Museums and Writers' Foundations) conference in Madrid. Now the National Association of Case della Memoria makes it official and strengthens it: the Italian Days of Houses of Memory - whose third edition was held this year involving 130 houses in 18 Italian regions and welcoming 25 thousand visitors - are expanding and becoming International Days of the Houses of Memory which will be held on 5 and 6 April 2025, involving house museums from all over the world.

The announcement was made at the end of October, when the members of Iclcm-International Committee for Literary and Composers' Museums (the Icom International Thematic Committee for literary and musical museums and house museums, writers and musicians), met in Santiago de Compostela. A result that comes after the long work carried out by the National Association of Case della Memoria, an organization born in Tuscany and now operating in 15 Italian regions, through the organization of meetings and the development of Memorandum of understanding between similar institutions from all over the world, with the aim of networking to promote house museums at an international level.

«We hope for a great participation in the first edition of the International Days – states Adriano Rigoli, president of the National Association of Case della Memoria and of the Iclcm committee of Icom –; we must show the international cultural and political institutions, first and foremost the European Union, how beautiful, numerous and interesting are the homes of the illustrious people who represent our culture, which is a common culture because the great artists, musicians, scientists, writers from various countries influenced each other».

«Seeing how enthusiastically the colleagues we met in Santiago agreed to the proposal to join forces to promote an international event gave us confirmation of the value of our work – explains Marco Capaccioli, vice-president of the National Association of Case della Memoria –. Our goal for 2025 was to extend the range of action to further enhance the museum houses and their priceless heritage: we achieved a result that goes beyond our expectations».

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