How do we work with heritage that no longer forms a coherent whole, that may no longer exist, or that perhaps never truly existed as a unified entity? The international conference “Scattered, Rediscovered, Connected” invites museum professionals, collection curators, historians, art historians, and heritage researchers to explore fragmented, displaced, or deliberately dispersed cultural heritage.

The conference aims to discuss how museums and memory institutions identify, interpret, recontextualise, and seek to reconnect dispersed heritage objects—drawing on archives, digital tools, community engagement, and ethical storytelling.

Heritage may be scattered as a result of war, colonisation, political regimes, the art market, or institutional decisions. Yet even when separated by distance or emerging at different times, these objects continue to speak. Today, they speak through digital collections, hybrid (physical and virtual) exhibitions, open data, community projects, and international networks.

Conference Programme: click here.

Venue: National Museum of Lithuania, Vilnius, Arsenalo Street 3
Conference language: English, Lithuanian (simultaneous translation)
Duration of the presentation: 20 minutes.
Contacts: [email protected]

Following the conference, presenters will be invited to submit their articles for the inclusion in a peer-reviewed volume of the proceedings.

Important dates:

Deadline for submissions: 16 December, 2025
Notification of acceptance: 9 February, 2026
Deadline for submitting presentation slides and presentation texts (for simultaneous interpretation): April 26, 2026.
Conference: 29–30 April, 2026
Article submission deadline: 30 September, 2026

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Scientific Committee

Dr. Rūta Kačkutė, National Museum of Lithuania (chair)
Dr. Žygintas Būčys, National Museum of Lithuania
Dr. Giedrė Milerytė-Japertienė, National Museum of Lithuania
Dr. Milda Kvizikevičiūtė, National Museum of Lithuania
Indrė Urbelytė, National Museum of Lithuania
Dr. Aurimas Švedas, Lithuanian Institute of History
Dr. Rimvydas Laužikas, Vilnius University, Faculty of Communication
Dr. Norbertas Černiauskas, Vilnius University, History Faculty
Marius Pečiulis, Kaunas Nineth Fort Museum
Juozas Markauskas, Baltic Audiovisual Archives Council
Dr. Sigita Talačkienė, Lithuanian National Museum of Art
Renata Vaičekonytė Kepežinskienė,
Heritage Programme Manager, Secretariat of the Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO
Conference Venue

National Museum of Lithuania, Old Arsenal (Arsenalo st. 3, Vilnius)
In the conference room on the second floor, it is accessible only by stairs.
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Partners: Lithuanian Institute of History, VU Faculty of History, VU Faculty of Communication, Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO, Baltic Audiovisual Archives Council

Sponsors: Mabre Residence Hotel, Artagonist