VAF 2023 Annual Meeting 

VAF Plymouth 2023 Conference Schedule

Tentative schedule, still subject time change.

Wednesday, May 17^th Opening Reception & Awards

8:30 am - 4:00 pm  Board Meeting

Atlantic Room, Hotel 1620, 180 Water Street 

12:30 - 4:00 pm Registration

Room 302, Hotel 1620, 180 Water Street 

5:00 - 6:00 pm  Opening Reception

Pilgrim Hall Museum, 75 Court Street       

6:30 - 7:30 pm Keynote Address "Remaking Plymouth: A 400-Year Old Story" 

Dr. Donna Curtin PhD, Director, Pilgrim Hall Museum 

Dr. Anne Mason, PhD Director, Plymouth Antiquarian Society

VAF Awards

Church of the Pilgrimage, 8 Town Square

8:30 - 10:00 pm Registration

Room 302

Dinner on your own

Thursday, May 18^th - Field Tours 

6:00 - 8:30 pm Registration, Room 302

6:00-8:30 am Continental Breakfast, Ballroom, Hotel 1620

Buses load from rear of Hotel 1620. All tours include lunch and heavy appetizers in the evening.

Registrants will be on the tour of their selection made at registration.

6:30 am Martha's Vineyard Tour 

7:45 & 8:00 am  Cranberry Tours

8:30 am  Early Builders Tour 

Friday, May 19^th - Plymouth Tours

Breakfast on your own

7:30 - 10:00 am Registration, Room 302

9:00 am - 1:30 pm Rolling schedule, roughly 30 minutes, of 2 trolleys will depart from Hotel 1620 in circular route to reach sites outside Plymouth center.

9:00 am - 4:00 pm Plymouth Sites Open

Dinner on your own

Saturday, May 20th - Paper Sessions, Poster & Book Exhibits, and Banquet

Paper & Poster Information may be found here

7:00 am - 3:00 pm Registration, Hotel 1620 Lobby

8:00 am - Book Exhibit Opens

8:15 - 9:45am  - Paper Session 1 

10:00-11:30 am - President's Plenary

11:30 am - 1:30 pm - Lunch on you own

12:00 -1:30 pm Posters Session

12:15 - 1:15 pm Viewing of Barry Farm: Community, Land, and Justice in Washington D.C.

1:30 - 3:00 pm - Paper Session 2

3:30-5:00 pm - Paper Session 3

5:00 - 6:00 pm - Buildings and Landscapes Meeting

5:00 - 6:00 pm - Northeast VAF Chapter Meeting

5:00 - 6:00 pm -

6:00 - 7:00 pm Happy Half Hour

7:00 - 9:00 pm Banquet

8:00 pm VAF Annual Meeting & Preview of Keweenaw 2024

Saturday registration, Paper Sessions, Book Exhibits, Annual Meeting & Banquet Dinner will be held at Hotel 1620.

Contact Michelle Jones, VAF Conference Coordinator with questions about the conference at conference@vafweb.org .