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• 2024 Symposium & Photo Fair

  • Start
    October 17, 2024
  •  
    9:00 AM
  • End
    October 19, 2024
  •  
    10:00 PM
  • Location
    Houston

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  Whether this is your first Symposium or your 36th, you won’t want to miss Houston 2024, a celebration of 19th-century photography bringing together collectors, historians, scholars, and museum professionals from around the world. You’ll join other lovers of daguerreotypes and other early photographs gathering at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston on Thursday, October 17, with events scheduled through Saturday, October 19. 

  Highlights include:

  • A festive opening reception, right at the Museum of Fine Arts
  • Talks by experts presenting important discoveries, seldom-seen images, and new insights into photography’s beginnings
  • A photo fair offering more daguerreotypes and 19th-century photographs than can be seen anywhere. Buy, sell, trade, or just look and learn – it’s an opportunity that comes along only once a year.
  • A grand banquet with live and silent auctions featuring exceptional images
  • Room-hopping to catch up with friends and see what’s on the market
  • A special exhibition of contemporary daguerreotypes at the hotel where we will be staying
  • Behind-the-scenes viewings of institutional photography collections

  To book your room at the InterContinental Houston...

  Click here to secure the special group rate of $165/night, excluding taxes. After selecting the dates, you will see "Group Rate/Travel Agent" preselected in the Rate Preference drop-down menu. Then click the "Book Now" button and choose a room option.

  Or call the hotel at 713-422-2779, select option 2 to be directed to reservations, and advise the agent you are with "The Daguerreian Society Conference."

  You will receive a reservation confirmation email after booking.
  

  Note: The $15/night "destination fee" will be waived at checkout.  

  For further details, check out the Symposium & Photo Fair page!

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• 2024 Symposium Behind-the-Scenes Tours

  • When
    October 17, 2024
  •  
    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Houston

  Register

  Registration is now open for the Houston Symposium's exclusive, behind-the-scenes institution visits on Thursday, October 17! 

  Instructions:
  

  To sign up, Symposium registrants must have a tour registration code (sent to all registrants via email).  

  Click on the Register button (located at the bottom of the left column) to begin the registration process for each tour.

  You will register for one tour at a time and may click on the Return to Event Registration on the confirmation page to register for additional tours.

  Symposium attendees may sign up for two tours from the Tour 1-Tour 4 offerings. Each tour can accommodate a limited number of people, and is based on a first-come, first-served basis.  If you are attending with another Symposium registrant, you may add them as a guest to each tour registration. 

  Attendees are also welcome to sign up for Tour 5, a private tour at the San Jacinto Museum and Battlefield, to view early Texas-made photographs. 

  A confirmation email will be sent for each tour registration.

  Attendees will be responsible for their own transportation in between venues. Click here for a map showing the location of the InterContinental hotel, MFAH, and San Jacinto (about a 30-minute drive from the MFAH, traffic permitting). 

  Please be sure to leave enough time for travel to each location and to pick up your Symposium badge at the hotel prior to the tours. They will be required to gain entry to all tours and museums.

  Click here for detailed tour descriptions. 

  
  

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