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This paper analysis, in Spain of Alfonso XIII, the figure of Vega Inclán as a visionary museologist who introduced, for the first time in Spain, an unknown type of museum: the house museum, using a contextual museography that was already well known in the AngloSaxon world. The creation of house museums with his projects of the House Museum of Fecha de recepción: 1 de marzo de 2017. Fecha de aceptación: 5 de septiembre de 2017. Museo Nacional de Arqueología Subacuática ARQUA. Paseo del Muelle Alfonso XII, 22. 30202 Cartagena MURCIA (España). E-mail: [email protected] SOLEDAD PÉREZ MATEO 422 Cuadernos de Turismo, 42, (2018), 421-445 Greco in Toledo, House Museum of Cervantes (Valladolid) and the Romantic Museum of Madrid was influenced by Free Educational Institute and it was justified by the necessity of building a national identity and the wish to honor new heroes who should be known both inside and outside of our borders. To achieve it, Vega Inclán recreated domestic spaces focusing in the value of context by integrating the building and its surroundings, bringing together museology and tourism, through an experiential tourism.