Annual Conference
ACRA’s 31st Annual Conference: Raleigh, NC
(September 11-14, 2025)
Our 31st annual conference will be held in Raleigh, NC from September 11-14, 2025 at theSheraton Raleigh Hotel.
This year’s conference theme — Policy and Protecting Cultural Resources — is intended to explore how policy intersects with the protection of cultural resources. This includes Federal policy, state policies, and the involvement of communities and other stakeholders.
The 2025 Conference Call for Sessions is now available! Click here to learn more about submitting a session proposal.
More information about the conference, including hotel reservations, award submissions, and event information, will be available on this page as we get closer to the conference.
If you have questions about conference planning or would like to get involved, please contact Conference Committee Chair Bonnie Gibson or Executive Director Amanda Stratton.
The 2024 ACRA Awards were presented at the Annual Conference in Albuquerque, and we were thrilled to congratulate the following winners:
- Texas Department of Transportation for the Bolivar Archaeological Project
- City of Boulder, Colorado for their contributions to Fort Chambers/Poor Farm Property Management Plan, The People’s Crossing Renaming, Indigenous People’s Day Resolution and Annual Celebrations, Ethnographic Education Report, and Tribal Consultation
- Nevada Department of Transportation for their contributions to the field of historic preservation by documenting statewide historic contexts of the Lincoln Highway, the Victory Highway, and Latinos in Nevada
You can learn more about each winner and project in the video below.