Since 1960, the Conservation Society Foundation’s Heritage Education Tours are a San Antonio tradition. Fall 2024, the Conservation Society resumed the in-person Heritage Education Tours (the first time since the COVID pandemic when the Society began creating the virtual tours. There were 10 schools which participated – approximately 700 students and teachers who were taken on a tour of two historic San Antonio sites including one of the World Heritage Spanish Colonial Missions: Mission San Juan.
San Antonio area schools are invited to participate in the tours on a rotating basis. The Conservation Society Foundation furnishes charter buses as transportation, covers admission to various historical locations, and provides teachers with educational material for students before their tours. Teachers attend a workshop to assist in preparing students prior to the tours. Conservation Society members and the Professional Tour Guide Association of San Antonio members act as docents and guides to help ensure the Heritage Education Tours are a success.
Thanks to The Mirza Trust of San Antonio, H-E-B, the Edouard Foundation, Inc. and others who have made contributions which support the programs of the Foundation and the Heritage Education Tours.
