ABSTRACT
Abstract: Heritage resource managers use events to generate publicity, attract crowds, create new entertainment forms, enhance education, preserve folk culture, celebrate ethnic diversity and raise money. This study investigates recurring events that are related to historic houses. Community festivals formally recognize historic nouses as community leisure resources, but relegate them to peripheral status. Stand-alone house tours showcase historic houses and capitalize on their intrinsic appeal. Living history events show that historic houses are appropriate environments for learning about and enjoying many aspects of yesteryear's lifestyles. Key megatrends in the area of historic event production include rapidly growing competition, the professionalization of management and the proliferation of living history events. Keywords: historic houses, special events, community festivals, house tours, living history. Resume: Demeures historiques et e"ve*nements sp6ciaux. Les directeurs des ressources patrimoniales utilisent les eve"nements pour gene*rer de la publicite", attirer du monde, creer de nouvelles formes de distractions, rehausser Pe"ducation, pr6server la culture populaire, f6ter la diversity ethnique et rassembler des fonds. Get article examine les eV^nements lies aux demeures historiques. Les fetes locales reconnaissent la valeur des maisons historiques mais leur accordent une importance secondaire. La valeur de la simple visite des demeures historiques tient de leur attraction intrinseque. Des ev6nements d'histoire vivante montrent que ces maisons sont un bon environnement pour appre"cier les styles de vie du passe. Les tendances cle dans les representations historiques comprennent la concurrence croissante, la professionalisation de la gestion et la proliferation des eV6nements. Mots-cles: demeures historiques, eVe"nements speciaux, f€tes locales, visiles de maisons, histoire vivante.
