2025 Symposium – Virtual Experience

Can’t make it to Hartford? Be part of the Symposium from wherever you are! 

Join us online for the

Virtual Symposium Experience!

The world’s biggest conference
on 19th-century photography

September 25–27, 2025

Click here to register

As close as your computer (or tablet or smartphone) and available worldwide, you’ll enjoy:

• ALL of the 2025 Symposium Presentations livestreamed from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, CT 

• An exclusive guided tour of the Wadsworth’s exhibition The Scenic Daguerreotype in America 1840–1860, presented by curator Allen Phillips and collector Greg French

• Meet and greet attendees during the opening reception with special host Wes Cowan — auctioneer, historian, and Daguerreian Society VP

• Interact LIVE with your fellow Virtual Symposium attendees in EXCLUSIVE online sessions hosted by Smithsonian museum professional (and former Daguerreian Society Chair) Michelle Delaney and artist and photo educator Colleen Woolpert

REGISTER NOW!

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For our international community and
those unable to watch the livestream in
real time, Symposium events will be
recorded and available to registrants for
convenient on-demand viewing.

Online conference fee: USD $150.
Daguerreian Society membership not required.