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INTO Bavaria: Places with purpose 

We are delighted to announce our 2026 conference!

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INTO Bavaria: Places with purpose
Community, connection and the case for heritage
Save the date! 1 – 4 November 2026

This INTO conference will bring together our global family of National Trusts to explore how heritage can serve communities, foster connection and shape a sustainable future.

Hosted in Freising and Munich by Kultur Erbe Bayern, this conference offers opportunities for learning, networking and experiencing how different trusts protect places with meaning.

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As we celebrate Kultur Erbe Bayern’s remarkable growth over the past decade, we also look ahead, asking how heritage sites can deliver the greatest benefit to people and planet.

We will explore how identity is built through place and how communities can best take responsibility for safeguarding heritage for generations to come.

FAQs, tickets and more programme information will be available in January – please register to be the first to hear!

As soon as I arrived, I realised it wasn’t a typical conference, it was more a gathering of approachable well-informed, inquisitive and dynamic professionals all passionately looking to share and develop practices for protecting and promoting cultural heritage
- Jordan conference speaker, Frazer McDonald Hay

Please register your interest to attend

Register here

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Want to know more about INTO conferences?

The INTO conference is at the heart of everything we do.

Born in the 1970s as the International Conference for National Trusts (ICNT), this brilliant event gathers people from across the globe to collaborate for the protection of cultural and natural heritage.

It is an opportunity for our network to meet and discuss collective goals and challenges. Each biennial conference is hosted by a member of our global family in partnership with INTO.

The INTO conference is hands-down the best investment I make in my own personal and professional development, and in finding new ideas for my National Trust
- Natalie Bull, National Trust for Canada

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