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Annual Meeting

Upcoming Meeting (2026)

Registration to Open Soon!

Join us in gorgeous, historic Montreal, Canada, for our 54th Annual Meeting, held jointly with the Canadian Association for Conservation of Cultural Property (CAC-ACCR) from April 28 - May 2, 2026. We held our first joint meeting with CAC-ACCR in Montreal in 2016 and are thrilled to collaborate with them again.

Conference Dates

Pre-session: April 28-29 (Tuesday & Wednesday)
Main sessions: April 30-May 2 (Thursday through Saturday)

We are excited to host this conference at the city's convention center, Palais des congrès de Montréal.

Program

Conference Theme: Conservation at the Intersection of Innovation and Tradition

More about the theme and call for papers is forthcoming.

Call for Paper and Sessions

The 2026 call for papers and sessions will be shared later this summer.

General Timeline:

July - submit ideas for concurrent session themes
September 15 - abstracts due
October/November - decisions shared and invitations to present sent out
December - travel scholarship application deadlines

2025 Meeting

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2025 Program & Abstracts

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Questions?

Email meetings@culturalheritage.org