Library

library | library collection and catalogue | central reading room

The RMCA’s library network consists of a Central Library and 10 sublibraries, with their own reading room or a space where the works can be consulted, which are linked to the scientific disciplines.
> more information:  library collection and online catalogue Libis

Central library

• In the central library you can access collections from the central library, the collections of Ethnography, Social Anthropology and make use of the Central reading room.
  >more information: Central Reading Room.
  
  Open from Tuesday till Friday from 9am till 12pm and from 1pm till 4pm
  Info: biblio@africamuseum.be
  Tel. : (+32) 02 769 56 00 - fax: (+32) 02 76956 18
   

Sublibraries

Alongside the central library several sublibraries exist. (see: map of the buildings)
The catalogue of these sublibraries is available via Libis.
 

HUMAN SCIENCES

• Archaeology: collection Prehistory and Archaeology
  Colonial Palace (A), 2nd floor
  Accessible from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. until noon and from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m.
  Info : nadine.devleeschouwer@africamuseum.be
  
• Colonial History: collection  Colonial History
  Stanley Pavilion (D)
  Accessible free of charge by appointment only on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. til 12 p.m.and from 1 p.m. til 4 p.m.
  Info: lucienne.di.mauro@africamuseum.be of  tel (+32) 02 769 52 67.
• Contemporary History: collection Contemporary History
  Museumlaan 5B  (G - Finance Building, floor -1)
  The library of the Contemporary History section is temporarily closed and can be consulted only by appointment by mail.
  Info : theodore.trefon@africamuseum.be
• Linguistics: collection Linguistics
  CAPA building (E), 3rd floor
  Accessible from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. until 4.30 p.m.
  Info: muriel.garsou@africamuseum.be
• Ethnomusicology: collection Ethnomusicology
  CAPA building (E), 3rd floor
  Accessible by appointment only from Monday to Friday from 8.30 a.m. until noon and from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m.
  Info: remy.jadinon@africamuseum.be 

BIOLOGY

• Vertebrates:  collections Ornithology, Ichtyology, Herpetology and Mammalogy
  Capa building (E), 1st floor
  Accessible by appointment only from Monday to Friday from 8.30 a.m. until noon and from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m.
• Entomology: collection Entomology
  Colonial Palace (A), 1st-3rd floor
  Accessible from Monday to Friday from 8.30 a.m. until noon and from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m.
  Info : chantal.reigniez@africamusem.be or ugo.dallasta@africamuseum.be
• Invertebrates non-insects: collection Invertebrates non-insects
  Colonial Palace (A), 3rd floor
  Accessible by appointment only on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. until noon and from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. and from Wednesday to Friday from 9 a.m. until noon.
  Info : godelieve.hofkens@africamuseum.be
• Wood biology: collections Wood biology, Geomorphology and Agricultural economy
  Capa building (E), ground floor
  Info : annelore.nackaerts@africamuseum.be 
   

EARTH SCIENCES

Collections General Geology, Cartography, Isotope geology and Geochemistry

• General Geology
  Colonial Palace (A), ground floor
  Open from Monday to Thursday from 10 a.m. until noon and from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. Open on Friday from 10 a.m. until noon.
  Info: geoinfo@africamuseum.be
• Cartography
  Colonial Palace (A), 2nd floor
  Accessible by appointment only; daily except on Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
  Info : nathalie.andries@africamuseum.be