Creative Relationships: Artistic Partnerships in the Australian House Museum (Electronic book text)

House Museums have become an increasingly popular form of museum during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and is largely due to the fact that visitors can relate to this museum given that the environment is familiar. These house museums draw their significance primarily from their former occupant(s) - and usually the house is displayed in a manner that memorializes what is known as the Great Man. This book investigates the development of the 'artist house museum' during the nineteenth and twentieth century both internationally and in Australia. Focussing on specific Australian case-studies - the Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum, The Duldig Studio and Napier Waller House - this book argues that the particular form of house museum represented by the 'artist's house' has great flexibility, which can allow for interpretative displays that challenge the traditional narrative of the 'Great Man' by re-introducing the artist's partner or spouse.