Real Places 2026 | Texas Historical Commission Conference
Texas Historical Commission's Real Places Conference 2026
Bringing Preservationists Together
The Texas Historical Commission’s 10th annual Real Places conference is scheduled for April 8–10, 2026, in Austin.
This conference will once again bring together professionals and volunteers, from diverse disciplines and organizations, that make historic preservation happen in Texas. Enjoy the opportunity to network with and learn from County Historical Commissions, Main Street managers and board members, historic preservation officers, design review boards, architects, engineers, historians – professional and avocational, archaeologists – professional and avocational, curators, interpreters, educators, nonprofit staff and volunteers, THC staff, Texas Heritage Trail Regions, and many more.
Attendees return to their communities with renewed energy, ideas, and resources for enhancing their historic preservation and heritage tourism programs.