Real Places 2024 Conference

Presented by the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission in partnership with Phoenix I Restoration and Construction, LLC, the eight annual Real Places Conference provides an opportunity for preservationists and officials to network and learn with County Historical Commissions, Main Street managers and participants, historic preservation officers and design review boards, architects and engineers, historians, archeologists, curators, interpreters, managers of museums and historic sites, as well as THC staff, Texas Heritage Trail Regions, and many partner organizations.

Real Places will again be available to both in-person and virtual attendees. While we hope you’ll join us at the Renaissance Austin Hotel, we understand that not everyone can make it. If you join us online, you’ll be able to stream all conference sessions, and the recordings will be archived for viewing up to 60 days after the conference. In fact, the recordings will be available to all attendees—both in person and virtual—so you’ll be able to watch those great presentations you had to miss because you had to choose between concurrent sessions.

In addition to the regular programming, Real Places 2024 will feature in-person pre-conference workshops for various audiences on Wednesday, April 3. As part of the conference, the THC’s award-winning Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program will present special technical preservation sessions on maintaining historic buildings. We’ll again offer continuing education credits for architects and planners.

Date: 4/3/2024-4/4/2024

Location:
Renaissance Austin Hotel
9721 Arboretum Boulevard
Austin, TX 78759
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Audience: County Historical Commissions, Main Street managers and participants, historic preservation officers and design review boards, architects and engineers, historians, archeologists, curators, interpreters, managers of museums and historic sites, THC staff, Texas Heritage Trail Regions, and many partner organizations

Topic:

  • Other

Cost: $550 Regular, $650 Late (after Feburary 29), discounts available for students, courthouse stewards, and single day attendees

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