Preservation Events & Conferences

Virtual Oberlander Prize Forum: The Landscape/Architecture Relationship
*Virtual Event / Webinar*
The Cultural Landscape Foundation hosts an online Oberlander Prize forum with landscape architect Mario Schjetnan and architect Victor Legorreta on…
Women in Preservation with Mae Bowley
Arkansas
Preserve Arkansas’s Women in Preservation program features Mae Bowley of Savannah, Georgia, a building deconstruction and salvage specialist. Tuesday, November…
38th Annual Lough Legacy Veterans Parade
Vancouver, Washington
The Historic Trust’s annual Veterans Day parade at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, presented by Gesa Credit Union. Wednesday, November…
Brown Bag Lunch Series: Colonial Currency
Chesapeake, Virginia
Bring a lunch and hear numismatist Doug Bartron talk about colonial currency. $10, including museum admission. Wednesday, November 11, 2026,…
Cocktails in Cool Places: Rockmount Ranch Wear
Denver, Colorado
Historic Denver’s Cocktails in Cool Places visits Rockmount Ranch Wear, a Denver legacy business on Wazee Street since 1946, in…
Crossroads of America: Oklahoma’s Route 66, Free Screenings at the Route 66 Centennial
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Route 66 turns 100 on November 11, and Tulsa celebrates with art, music and a downtown street party. The Oklahoma…
Crow War Shields and Plains Warrior Ways with Nina Sanders
Helena, Montana
Marking both Native American Heritage Month and Veterans Day, Montana Historical Society curator of Indigenous collections Nina Sanders explores the…
Dancing at the Dickinson
Dover, Delaware
Learn English country dances like those in Jane Austen films at an evening of dancing at the John Dickinson Plantation.…
Exhibit Opening: On the Front Lines of Mercy
Westport, Connecticut
Opening on Veterans Day, this Westport Museum exhibition follows Merritt Nevitt Oates, a World War I ambulance driver and nurse…
Hard Hat Tours of the Magoffin Home Adobe Restoration
El Paso, Texas
A rare chance to see the nearly 150-year-old Magoffin Home adobe mansion mid-restoration, as master adobe workers carefully repair its…
Historic Masonry Preservation Workshop at Hueco Tanks State Park
El Paso, Texas
Preservation Texas and the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department offer a hands-on training workshop at Hueco Tanks, just outside El…
Historic New England Summit 2026
Beverly & Haverhill, Massachusetts
The fifth annual Historic New England Summit convenes bold conversations on how twenty-first-century challenges and opportunities are reshaping preservation and…
Jamie Jensen: The Afterlife of Route 66
*Virtual Event / Webinar*
For the 100th anniversary of Route 66, Jamie Jensen looks at how the road came to be so loved, how…
Layers of Legacy: ICA’s History and Impact
*Virtual Event / Webinar*
Holly looks back at ICA’s history in anticipation of our 75th anniversary, highlighting key moments and milestones. Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/qjdT0M5pSHmmycmt7kz7OA More…
Mappy Hour: Mapping Route 66 Past & Present
*Virtual Event / Webinar*
National Trust for Historic Preservation staff share their work documenting and preserving Route 66 at this online mapping session hosted…
War for the Dawnland: Virtual Teacher Workshop
*Virtual Event / Webinar*
For National Native American Heritage Month, the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and the Massachusetts Historical Society hold a…
William Howard Taft: A Great American Life
New York, New York
Bestselling author Walter Stahr argues that William Howard Taft left his greatest mark outside the presidency, as a judge, the…
2026 Burnham Prize: The Future of State
Chicago, Illinois
The Chicago Architectural Club, the Chicago Architecture Center and World Business Chicago announce the 2026 Burnham Prize winners, whose ideas…
A Newport Songbook with Historic Music of Newport
Newport, Rhode Island
A concert program from the Preservation Society of Newport County that brings Newport’s musical past to life with works once…
Asphalt to Archives: Telling the Missouri Route 66 Story, SHSMO’s Journey (Webinar)
*Virtual Event / Webinar*
The State Historical Society of Missouri closes its year-long Asphalt to Archives webinar series for the Route 66 centennial with…
Beyond Architectural Style: What Should Preservation Preserve? A Salon Talk by Chuck Wolfe
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Drawing on years of photographing Santa Fe, Chuck Wolfe looks past the city’s familiar architectural look to the overlapping Indigenous,…
Beyond the Precedent Study: An Interactive Roundtable on History in Design Education
*Virtual Event / Webinar*
The Historic Interiors Affiliate Group of the Society of Architectural Historians hosts an online working session on how historical research…
Black El Paso: Past and Present with Dr. Miguel Juárez and Janace Griffin
El Paso, Texas
Historian Dr. Miguel Juárez and entrepreneur Janace Griffin continue the exploration of Black history and excellence in El Paso, drawing…
Candlelight at the Old State Capitol
Frankfort, Kentucky
Celebrate the holidays in Victorian style at the Old State Capitol during the annual Candlelight festivities in historic downtown Frankfort.…