Heritage Horizons

In collaboration with colleagues across the University of Lincoln—home to Lincoln Conservation—we’ll bring you a wide range of topics that connect academic research with professional practice. Each session draws on the expertise of our academic staff to equip heritage professionals with research-led insights that can inform practice and add value to projects.

Tickets will go on sale closer to the time, with more webinars announced throughout the year. Sign up to our mailing list to stay updated. 

Can’t make the live session? Recordings will be available to purchase one month after each event.

 

 

The International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive:
An Inclusive Approach to Dealing with Difficult Heritage 

Speaker: Dan Ellen

15th October 2025     |      1:00pm     |     find out more     |     book tickets

Discover how the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive takes an inclusive approach to difficult heritage, guided by its ethos of remembrance, recognition, and reconciliation. 

 

 

Old and New: Combining Digital and Traditional Conservation Methods 

Speaker: Celeste Sturgeon

5th November 2025     |      1:00pm     |     find out more

This webinar shows how digital tools can be meaningfully integrated into traditional conservation practice, expanding a conservator’s toolkit while supporting ethical and effective decision-making. 

 

 

When Walls Talk: Learning from Historic Interiors

Speaker: Dr Leah Warriner-Wood

10th December 2025     |      3:00pm     |     find out more

This webinar explores how historic interiors can be ‘read’ as material histories, revealing the lives, values, and identities of their past inhabitants.

 

 

Understanding the Colonial Origins and Legacies of Collections

Speaker: Dr Sarah Longair 

2nd February 2026     |      3:00pm     |     find out more

This webinar examines the colonial origins of collections, the legacies they leave in UK museums and heritage sites, and how organisations are addressing them today.

 

 

Invisible touch: Case studies in Mimetic Retouching and the Art of Texture Replication

Speaker: Wei-Chan Birkett

27th February 2026     |      1:00pm     |     find out more

This webinar explores the art of mimetic retouching, focusing on how texture replication creates seamless and visually harmonious conservation treatments.

 

 

Climate Change Risk Assessment for Heritage Sites and Properties

Speaker: Dr Cathy Daly

5th March 2026     |      12:00 midday     |     find out more

This webinar introduces the key concepts of climate change risk assessment and how they can be applied to heritage sites and properties.

 

 

Colouring the Past: Pigments in Historic Architectural Paint

Speaker: Phillipa McDonnell

4th June 2026     |      1:00pm     |     find out more

 Take a tour through the pigments that coloured historic buildings, and discover what made them different from those used by artists.