As the name implies, a ‘house museum’ is a house transformed into a museum. The house or building in question may have been the home of notable people, a noble residence, a collector’s home, a center of power, the home of ordinary people that illustrates what life was like for a certain community, for example farmers, or it can be residences turned into museums for the artistic and architectural value they hold.  

House museums are interesting because they allow the visitor to better understand and to immerse themselves into the life, traditions and values of those who lived there and of the society of the time as a whole. Thus, every piece of furniture, paintings, books, objects, everything is part of the exhibition.