Preservation Month

Historic Preservation Month

Each May, Heritage Ohio celebrates preservation month and we hope you will join in the festivities!

Preservation Month Photo Contest

For over 15 years, Heritage Ohio has hosted a preservation month photo contest to help celebrate the spirit of preservation around Ohio. Each year has a new theme and we invite all photographers, professional and amateur, to participate starting in late April. The winning photo will be featured on the cover of our summer issue of Revitalize Ohio.

Heritage Ohio invites any Ohioan to submit an entry for our 2026 Preservation Month Photo contest. A picture is worth a thousand words, and we want to see what image embodies the best in “historic preservation” to you.

The contest opens on Friday, April 24^th, and all entries must be submitted by 5pm on Friday, May 15^th.

The winner will be announced on our website and social pages on Friday, May 22^nd. Digital images must be at least 300 dpi, and can be formatted either portrait or landscape orientation.

his year, we’re leaving the theme up to you. Submit an outstanding image that conveys the importance and meaning of Preservation Month. This could be a historic building, historic preservation in action, or downtown revitalization that is making a difference in your community. The winning image will be featured on a future cover of Revitalize Ohio!