OBJECT 1
Actinograph
middle of the XIXth Century
Jules Richard, Paris
Royal Meteorological Institute
Inv. N/A

OBJECT 2
Bartholomeus Anglicus
Liber de proprietatibus rerum (French version),
early 15th century
Manuscript on parchment
Royal Library of Belgium
Inv. ms. 9093, fol. 1 recto

OBJECT 3
Statue Songye
Nkishi
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Inv. EO.1951.10.1

OBJECT 4
Jules Jaumotte
Meteorograph
Atmospheric balloon soundings, 1930
Royal Meteorological Institute
Inv. N/A

OBJECT 5
Three armillary, Jérôme de Lalande – Paris 1775:
1. Heliocentric model of our Solar System (with the Sun at the center) Inv. ROB ID 028
2. Celestial sphere Inv. ID ROB 026
3. Geocentric model of our Solar System (with the Earth at the center) Inv.ROB ID 029

OBJECT 6
Map of our Galaxie consisting of one billion stars (ESA)

OBJECT 7
Jan Cobbaert
Sun on the beach, ca 1950
Oil on canevas
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Inv. 6678

OBJECT 8
Gaston Bertrand
Vésubie II, 1964
Oil on canevas
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Inv. 7117

OBJECT 9
Theodor von Lüpke (1873-1961) e.a.,
The transept vault of the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, 13 October 1917,
Silver gelatin
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage
negative number  f00036

OBJECT 10
WILD RC-8 view camera
Used at NGI between 1962 and 1985
9‘ x 9‘ (23 x 23 cm) 153,16 mm f : 5, 6
National Geographic Institute
Inv. nihil

OBJECT 11
Orthophotographic mosaic of Belgium, 2013-2015
Scale: 1/100 000, Brussels, 2017
National Geographic Institute
Inv. nihil

OBJECT 12
Canopy Glider
Model 1/10th
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Loan Opération Canopée
Inv. nihil

OBJECT 13
Fulgurites or ‘petrified lightning’
Diosso, north of Loango, Kouilou Region, Republic of Congo
Collected by E. Dartevelle in July 1938
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Inv. RGM 1554

OBJECT 14
Christian Vergeiner, Wolfgang Schultz, Dieter Poelman
Movie lightning strike
High speed camera (200 frames per second), lightning strike, Denderleeuw, 23/08/2011, Belgium
Royal Meteorological Institute
Inv. N/A

OBJECT 15
Govaert Wendelen (Vendelinus)
Sketch of the moon with handwritten annotations, s.d.
State Archives in Liège, archival holding of the Mercy-Argenteau family, documents of the astronomer and humanist Govaert Wendelen,
©National Archives
Inv.no. 4065, folio 432

OBJECT 16
Michael Florent van Langren (Langrenus)
Map of the moon, “Luna vel lumina Austriaca Philippica”, 1644-1645
Manuscript. Aquarel. Paper
National Archives of Belgium, Hand drawn maps and plans
Inv. Series II, no. 7911
© NAB

OBJECT 17
Lid of the coffin of Khonsutefnakht, Late Period, probably 26th dynasty
Wood with stucco and painted
Royal Museums of Art and History
Inv. E.586

OBJECT 18
Design by J. Dearle, Workshop William Morris
Nativity, 1907
Wool and silk
Royal Museums of Art and History
Inv. 6893

OBJECT 19
Model SOLAR
SOLAR platform, which is mounted on the outside of the European Columbus module of the International Space Station (ISS).
Inv. nihil

OBJECT 20
1. Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) 
Stuffed specimen, found in 1928 
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences 
Inv. IG 29946, REG. 82314

2. Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) 
Stuffed specimen, found in 1925 Antwerp Zoo 
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Inv. IG 32679

3. The favorite resting sites of a young female peregrine falcon, in Brussels 
In 2015, one of the young falcons, a female born in the Cathedral, was fitted with a GPS transmitter. As such, its movements were able to be precisely observed. Note that it spends most of its time in the Centre of Brussels (within the limits of the city centre). It makes sporadic long-distance journeys. 
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences 
(Recordings from 25/05/2015 until 31/10/2015)

OBJECT 21
Campbell Stokes sunshine recorder
Casella London, end of the XIXth Century
Sunshine duration observations
Royal Meteorological Institute
Inv. N/A

OBJECT 22
Cornelis Cort after Pieter I Bruegel
The Fall of Phaethon
Engraving
Antwerp, Hieronymus Cock, ca. 1565
Royal Library of Belgium, Printroom
Inv. S.I 7588

Frans Huys after Pieter I Bruegel
The Fall of Icarus
Engraving
Antwerp, Hieronymus Cock, ca. 1562
Royal Library of Belgium, Printroom
Inv. S.III 26214