The museum is closed on Mondays.
Ethnomusicology
Conservation and study of the music of sub-Saharan Africa
***While the museum building will close its doors in late 2012 for
renovation, scientific research will continue at Tervuren.***
We can rely on a collection of 36 000 music recordings and 8 800 musical instruments from sub-Saharan Africa. We use these collections in our research of African musical cultures, both urban and traditional.
For work in the field, we collaborate with scientists and trainees from these cultures. This collaboration is precious as they are closer to their own cultures and very much involved.
DEKKMMA (http://music.africamuseum.be) is an on line collection offering access to 36 000 sound extracts. It contains a descriptive file on the instruments used for these recordings.
We publish a series of music CDs in the framework of the Anthology of music of the DRC project. In addition, online publications give an account of our research projects in the DRC and the Ivory Coast.
Thanks to the MIMO project, 8600 musical instruments have been digitised. Visit a virtual exhibition on musical instruments from the MIMO project on the Europeana website.
