47th Annual Convention
2027 ADCA Convention
ADCA Doorknobs
Location
Birmingham, Alabama
Dates
August 9–August 14, 2027
Convention Schedule
Thursday, August 5 (Arrival)
- Check in at the convention hotel and visit with members
- 6:00 pm — Hospitality Room opens
Friday, August 6 (Tour Day)
- 8:15 am — Meet in the hotel lobby
- 8:30 am — Bus departs for the Hagley Museum & Library, Wilmington, DE
- 10:00 am — Hagley Museum tour: "Nation of Inventors" US Patent Office models and the hardware-catalog collection, plus the Eleutherian Mills residence
- 12:30 pm — Boxed lunch at the Hagley picnic area
- 1:00 pm — Bus departs for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- 2:00 pm — Architectural tour of the Frank Furness building
- 4:30 pm — Arrive back at the Embassy Suites; dinner on your own
Saturday, August 7
- 8:00 am — Set up tables and displays; buy, sell, and trade all day in the Convention Hall
- 12 noon — Lunch buffet (included with registration)
- 4:00 pm — Return display-contest votes
- 4:00–6:00 pm — Open to the public
- 6:00 pm — Dinner on your own; Hospitality Room opens
Sunday, August 8
- 8:00 am — Buy, sell, and trade; tag items for the auction
- 9:00–11:00 am — Open to the public; pick up auction tags
- 11:30 am — Remove hardware and displays from the Convention room
- 12 noon — Lunch buffet (included with registration)
- 1:00 pm — Annual Hardware Auction
- 6:00 pm — Banquet (two-entrée buffet), awards presentation, and Annual Business Meeting
- After the banquet — Hospitality Room