Join us in NYC on Monday, September 28 to celebrate the 2026 Excellence Award winners!

5:30-6:00 p.m. – Pre-Awards Reception

6:00-7:00 p.m. – Awards Presentation

7:00-8:00 p.m. – Post-Awards Cocktail Hour

Dress code: Business/Cocktail

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The League's annual Excellence in Historic Preservation Awards program shines a light on the people who are using historic preservation to create positive change — through exemplary restoration projects, indispensable publications, individual action, and organizational distinction.

Recipients of the Excellence Award represent the very best of what the League stands for and supports in historic preservation. They exemplify best practices in the field and demonstrate how preservation is integral to building stronger neighborhoods, boosting local economies, tackling the affordable housing crisis, mitigating climate change, opening our eyes to overlooked history, and saving the places that are special to all of us. The Excellence Awards celebrate those who work so hard to protect that shared heritage.