23.05.2025 | Event
On Friday the 23rd of May 2025, the Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences is organizing the second edition of the “Taxonomy Recognition Day” – a day to celebrate the vital science of taxonomy (the practice of identifying, naming, and classifying living things).
On this day, the institute wants to promote the role and added value of taxonomy as a scientific discipline towards the general public, policy makers and other stakeholders.
This year the event will particular focus on citizens and potential citizen scientists who would be enthusiastic and willing to work with the Institute of Natural Sciences and to improve knowledge through natural science collections.
23.05.2025 > 25.05.2025 | KBR museum
The KBR Museum, the place where the manuscript collection of the Burgundian dukes shines, will reopen its doors on May 23, 2025. Thanks to a unique musical experience, visitors will now be able to enjoy the magical polyphony of the 15th and 16th centuries in the museum.
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26.05.2025 | brain-be 2.0
Achieving sustainability within planetary boundaries requires profound transformations in how we produce, consume, and work. The LAMARTRA project has explored how these transitions can be governed to achieve both climate objectives and just work and employment opportunities. This conference will present key research findings and discuss how climate and labour transitions can be governed democratically-through social dialogue, consultation, and worker participation-to ensure fair and inclusive outcomes.
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tot 30.06.2025 | Art & History Museum
Małgorzata Mirga-Tas brings forgotten voices to life.
Museum visitors have the opportunity to admire a monumental site-specific intervention within the permanent collection by the famous contemporary Polish-Romani artist Małgorzata Mirga-Tas.
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tot 31.08.2025 | Art & History Museum
On the occasion of the launch of the graphic novel Caballero Bueno, by Thomas Lavachery and Thomas Gilbert, the Art & History Museum is presenting a series of original plates from the work, along with a selection of photographs and museum inscriptions from the 1934 Franco-Belgian expedition to Easter Island.
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till 31.08.2025 | Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
They’re wild! Who is « wild »? What does “wild nature” mean to you? This exhibition will awaken your curiosity and stimulate your critical thinking. A confrontation with different representations of the wild : exotic? remote? dangerous? untouched? Explore the boundary – is there one at all? – that separates wild animals from humans. Observe, marvel, and wonder… Natural sciences flirt with philosophy, anthropology and poetry. Films, interactive elements, and scientific collection pieces offer a brand new perspective on domestication, safaris, animal parks (including the former Brussels zoo!), and animal behavior. Discover the domestication story of the wolf and eight other animals. Be amazed by Belgian wildlife: wild boar, beaver, fox, black grouse and Lynx. Take a moment to look at intriguing images from wildlife observation cameras.
They’re wild? We’re all wild! What is our role as human beings? Is humanity threatening or threatened itself? A major challenge awaits us. Are you ready to contribute?
The exhibition “WILD?”, an emotional journey to meet wild animals and yourself. Between fear and fascination.
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From 23.05.2025 | KBR museum
The KBR museum, the place where the manuscript collection of the Burgundian dukes shines, will reopen its doors on 23 May 2025 with a unique musical experience. We will let the sound of polyphonic singers from the 15th and 16th centuries resound!
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from 21.05.2025 till 30.09.2025 | Art & History Museum
A unique museum trail by Youssef Swatt's
The Art & History Museum offers a unique experience: a poetic, personal, and deeply contemporary trail led by the poetry of Youssef Swatt’s. Titled Les silences que j'ai entendus, the project invites visitors to (re)discover the Museum’s collections through the eyes and sensitivity of a present French poet.
Here, Youssef Swatt, rapper and acclaimed finalist of the Netflix series Nouvelle École, reveals another side of himself - one of transmission, listening, and pure emotion. For an entire night, he wandered the museum alone and in silence. Face to face with the artworks, he listened to what they had to say. The result: ten raw, calm, and powerful texts.
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Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
The RMFAB invite themselves into your home! Discover here, alone or with the whole family, everything you need for a virtual journey through art history.
> Museum@ Home
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage
KIK-IRPA offers you the opportunity to discover all the works of Jan Van Eyck in high resolution, as well as a collection of more than 700,000 photos of Belgium's cultural heritage in free access.
> BALaT, our online database
> Discover the œuvre of Jan Van Eyck online
Royal Museums for Art and History
The KMKG-MRAH invites you to explore its collections.
> Masterpieces online
Museum of Musical Instruments (MIM)
Take a look and discover the richness we would like to share with you from behind your screen
> A virtual visit to the MIM
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Explore the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences from your couch!
Visit the halls in 3D on Google Art & Culture and stroll through our gallery Living Planet .
Listen to podcasts/audioguides of the Dinosaur Gallery .
Access our virtual collections .
Go on field trips with our scientists via our YouTube channel.
AfricaMuseum
The importance of digitising museum collections became even more apparent during the closure of museums due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
> Museum collections in 2D+ and 3D
Cast your eyes over a series of 27 collections on various themes relating to history and cultural anthropology.
> Spotlight on the collections
Join us as we walk around the labs, offices and archives of the Royal Museum for Central Africa to meet the scientists who work here.
> AfricaMuseum Podcast
KBR
Toutes les ressources électroniques et les collections numérisées de KBR consultables à distance.
> Liste de toutes les ressources électroniques
Alle e-bronnen en gedigitaliseerde collecties van KBR nu van thuis uit raadpleegbaar
> Lijst met alle beschikbare e-bronnen
DIGIT the Digitization Programme of the Belgian Science Policy
Preserving Belgium's rich cultural and scientific heritage and disclosing those valuable assets for researchers and the general public is important.
> Explore the Collections
