Photography curator and longtime member Malcolm Daniel discusses 19th-century photo highlights at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. (Photo by Terry Alphonse)

The Daguerreian Society would like to gratefully acknowledge the curators and staff who helped make our private visits to institutional collections such a resounding success at this year's Symposium in Houston.

At the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, our host institution: Malcolm Daniel, Christine Gervais, Raquel Carrera, Toshiaki Koseki, and Melanie Fahey.

At the Nau Civil War Collection: Sally Anne Schmidt and her team.

At the San Jacinto Museum and Battleground Alexis Stephens, Cecilia Abad, and Lisa Struthers, who joined forces with local member and sponsor Curt Robbins to create a special exhibit of early Texas-related photographs.

At the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center, which contributed to the San Jacinto special exhibit: James Anderson and Lisa Meisch.

Thank you for sharing your treasure-packed collections with us! You made our annual gathering even more enriching and memorable.

MFAH Curator of Decorative Arts Christine Gervais leads a tour focused on the museum’s 19th-century American painting, sculpture, and decorative arts. (Photo by Terry Alphonse)

Curator Sally Anne Schmidt, second from left, discusses the Nau Civil War Collection with past President Mike Medhurst as other tour-goers take in the treasures. (Photo by David S. Fondiller)

Alexis Stephens, Cecilia Abad, and Lisa Struthers at the San Jacinto Museum and Battleground.

James Anderson and Lisa Meisch from the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center, which contributed to the San Jacinto special exhibit.