The South Park National Heritage Area (SPNHA) and the Department of Heritage & Tourism (Park County) invite you to join them at the 1st Annual SPNHA conference as they welcome all those who preserve, promote and interpret historic places and the history of South Park. The 2023 conference, “People, Places & Spaces” is being held in Fairplay, Colorado at the Park County government building on September 16th, 2023 (Updated from 19th August 2023).
The South Park National Heritage Area conference was created to engage regional partners in Preservation, History, Museums, and Archaeology in a cross-discipline conference that would allow for collaboration, inspiration, and networking. Whether you are an archaeologist, teacher, student, community leader, museum professional or volunteer, amateur preservationist, or simply a local history buff we invite you to attend.
This year’s conference theme celebrates s and commemorates the people, places and spaces that have built this unique cultural landscape.
South Park National Heritage Area (SPNHA) invites speakers of diverse backgrounds and disciplines to submit proposals for this new and exciting conference. SPNHA is particularly interested in submissions that approach the conference theme of people, place, and landscape.
Submission Guidelines
Presentations are lecture format (workshop formats may be considered). Please submit a 200-300 word abstract (or questions) to aspencer@parkco.us.