Looking for an expert?

Requests for the expert assessment of ethnographic objects must be sent - with a picture - by email to the following address: julien.volper@africamuseum.be 
PLEASE NOTE: It may take up to 3 weeks for such requests to be processed.

Julien Volper

By appointment.

Els Cornelissen
els.cornelissen@africamuseum.be
+32 2 769 54 76

Every first Wednesday of every month.

Rémy Jadinon
remy.jadinon@africamuseum.be
+32 2 769 56 10

On request and in exchange for payment, assessments and consultancy services can be provided concerning the geological context of mineral sediments in Central Africa, based on the information in our archives.

> Rules of access to the library, map collection and archives (pdf, 152 KB)

Max Fernandez-Alonso
max.fernandez@africamuseum.be
+32 2 769 54 31

We carry out assessments and consultancy work concerning:

• volcanic risks:
  François Kervyn
  francois.kervyn.de.meerendre@africamuseum.be
  +32 2 769 54 33
• earthquake risks:
  Damien Delvaux
  damien.delvaux.de.fenffe@africamuseum.be
  +32 2 769 54 26
• landslides:
  Olivier Dewitte
  olivier.dewitte@africamuseum.be
  +32 2 769 54 52

Mohamed Laghmouch
mohamed.laghmouch@africamuseum.be
+32 2 769 54 50

Vertebrates

• Mammals:
  Emmanuel Gilissen
  emmanuel.gilissen@africamuseum.be
  +32 2 769 56 22
• Birds:
  Jos Snoeks
  jos.snoeks@africamuseum.be
  +32 2 769 56 28
• Reptiles and amphibians:
  Garin Cael
  garin.cael@africamuseum.be
  +32 2 769 56 39
  or
  Jonathan Brecko
  jonathan.brecko@africamuseum.be
  +32 2 769 54 12
• Fish:
  Jos Snoeks
  jos.snoeks@africamuseum.be
  +32 2 769 56 28

Insects 

• Coleoptera (beetles):
  Marc De Meyer
  marc.de.meyer@africamuseum.be
  +32 2 769 53 60
• Diptera (flies and mosquitoes), hymenoptera (bees and wasps), isoptera, Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), hemiptera (heteroptera and leafhoppers), smaller orders:
  Didier Van den Spiegel
  didier.van.den.spiegel@africamuseum.be
  +32 2 769 54 11

Non-insect invertebrates

Diplopoda, Crustacea, marine organisms, Arachnomorpha, vermes, Acari:
Didier Van den Spiegel
didier.van.den.spiegel@africamuseum.be
+32 2 769 54 11

We provide independent assessments, not limited to Africa:

• identification of wood for the wood trade and industry (particularly CITES), art history, archaeology, palaeontology, etc.
• wood dating via the study of growth rings.

Cost: 170 €
Cost of expert assessment carried out on site: 250 € per day

Expert analysis fees are payable to the account of the Royal Museum for Central Africa:
679-2007806-03
with the communication ‘wood analysis’.

Wood samples (preferably measuring 1 cm x 7 cm x 15 cm) should be sent to the address:
Laboratory of Wood Biology 
Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren

Contact:
Hans Beeckman
hans.beeckman@africamuseum.be
+32 2 769 56 11