Friday, September 26, and

Saturday, September 27, 2008

"So much to choose from … how will someone decide?" That's been the reaction to plans for the 2008 Local History and Historic Preservation Conference, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, September 26-27, in Madison at the Radisson Hotel. This year's conference boasts five tracks with a total of 27 sessions, a dozen roundtables, two luncheon speakers and — to top it all off — a walking tour of Mazomanie, a revitalized historic community northwest of Madison. The tour will include a dinner at the historic 1857 Old Feed Mill.

The conference will feature 18 local history tracks sessions with topics ranging from cemetery preservation and developing a capital campaign to decorating a Victorian house for the holidays. This year's conference incorporates a fourth track geared specifically for the historic preservation commissioner and a fifth track of hands-on workshops designed to upgrade your organization's archival, curatorial and oral history skills.

Other highlights include luncheon presentations by Randy Wilson, preservation architect for the South Carolina Main Street program and by two of the four Sanvidge sisters, along with their mother Helen Sanvidge. The Sanvidges will discuss their newly released book, Apple Betty & Sloppy Joe, a family cookbook of post-World War II recipes and family memories growing up in Oshkosh.

Make plans to join us in Madison!

Registration Form (PDF, 98 KB)

Agenda (PDF, 143 KB)

Complete Conference Brochure (PDF, 771 KB)


Rooms Reserved at Special Conference Rate

Radisson Hotel
517 Grand Canyon Drive
Madison, WI 53719