Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 The museum has been collecting for over 300 years, this means we have a vast cabinet of curiosities to share with our visitors. Explore with us and see our wonderful collection of woad production tools and images from the last woad mill in Lincolnshire. Compare that to a…

Join us for Kirton History Weekend, as part of Heritage Open Days, for a walking tour of Kirton and The Old King’s Head. This is a Free tour as part of the Heritage Open Days Festival but Booking is essential as places are limited on each tour - please book through our shop. Tours are…

Join us for Kirton History Weekend, as part of Heritage Open Days, for a walking tour of Kirton and The Old King’s Head. This is a Free tour as part of the Heritage Open Days Festival but Booking is essential as places are limited on each tour - please book through our shop. Tours are…

Part of the Lincolnshire HODs Festival 2022 Join us for a 'Practical Lecture and Exhibition' by an Agent of Mr. Wilderspin Esq.; Inventor of the Infant & Training Systems of Education. Step back in time and experience Victorian school life, in the historically important school and museum. The Agent says "The forty-minute demonstration commences outside…

  Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and part of The Old King’s Head Project, Heritage Lincolnshire have been working with some incredible volunteers to develop a Walking Tour for you to join us on to explore and discover Kirton and The Old King’s Head. Join us as we give guided talks…

Bygone Lincoln  Join us for this series of talks delivered by Blow by Blow, presenting nostalgic video clips and still images of our county’s history and love of transport. Lincoln’s Trams and Early Buses A look at the making of The Lincoln Trams documentary with clips from the film. Now augmented by images of some…

'Pretty Mechanical Toys' - The birth of the Tank. Join us, and Guy Edwards, online, for a fascinating talk. A talk on the birth of the British tank. From conception, through development and their use in the Great War (1916-1918). Tickets: £5 member / £8 non-member and can be bought from our online shop. If…

Learn and make your own corn dolly at our workshop. Join us, IN PERSON, for an interesting morning, learning how to make a Corn Dolly. You will be constructing a corn dolly called a Sunspray - this is a traditional Inca design that was made as a house protector. Tickets cost: Members £18/ Non-members £25…

Tarot Workshop Join us online, with Flange & Prong, for this interesting workshop. Shelley will guide you through the basic meanings of the cards and spreads before you are encouraged to dive into your intuition and connect deeply with the energy of Tarot, allowing yourself to deliver in depth and personal readings. Tickets: Members £10…

Join us, and Tom Lane, as he delivers an interesting online talk: Coastal Saltmaking in Lincolnshire. For almost three millennia salt was made on the coasts and in the adjacent salt marshes of Lincolnshire. This course aims to examine where and how the seawater was turned into salt. Moreover, we will question why salt was…

Researching C17th & C18th Lincolnshire – sources for local history Join us, online with John Manterfield as we celebrate ‘Local & Community History Month’. This talk looks at possible research scenarios in terms of specific communities, particular buildings and family history in the period before Civil Registration and before Census Returns.  It explores the wide range…

Join us, IN PERSON, with Laurence White of Shedtime, at our newly renovated venue, The Old King’s Head. On your taster leathermaking session, you will get hands on to practice decoration including stamping and dye before making a journal cover. You will make your own design and use a variety of new starter techniques. Members £25…