Libraries

***While the museum building will close its doors in late 2012 for renovation,
scientific research will continue at Tervuren, and the central and
specialised libraries will remain open to the public.***

***The central library will be closed on Tuesday afternoons 24 April and 22 May 2012***

The Royal Museum for Central Africa has a network of libraries, consisting of a central library and specialised sublibraries. The sublibraries can be found according to discipline in the museum’s various departments.

Central library

Collections
The central library has general publications (monographs and periodicals) on African Human- and Natural Sciences
and also houses the library collection of the Ethnography and the Ethnosociology and Ethnohistory Section. The Documentation Centre of the Human Sciences Department has a digitised database:  http://societies.africamuseum.be

Researchers and scientists can consult publications whilst in the library. The borrowing of publications is not permitted but it is possible to make photocopies or scans.
For questions relating to a specific scientific discipline you are best advised to contact the corresponding department or library.

Digital catalogues
The RMCA is part of LIBISnet, the largest network of Belgian library catalogues. This network is in turn referenced in Unicat, the Belgian collective catalogue (www.unicat.be) and in the Belgian Federal Catalogue (www.bib.belgium.be).
Please note: It is currently only possible to consult catalogues from the Ethnography, Ethnomusicology, Ethnosociology/Ethnohistory, Linguistics, Geomorphology and Wood Biology Departments via LIBIS through this link: http://opac.libis.be.

Catalogues from the other departments can be accessed via the ‘sublibraries’ page or on the ‘library’ page of the relevant research department.


Where?
CAPA building (E), Leuvensesteenweg 17(Tervuren), ground floor (map)
The library is accessible to people with reduced mobility.

Open
Open from Tuesday to Friday from 9  to 12 am and from 1 to 4 pm.

More information?

• Mail to  biblio@africamuseum.be
• Call +32 2 769 56 00 -  fax:  +32 2 769 56 18
• Head of department: Fleur De Jaeger  - tel. +32 2 769 56 02
• Administration of exchanges and journal subscriptions:
       Brigitte Osselaer - tel. +32 2 769 57 17
• Internal and interlibrary loans:
       Katrien Thys van den Audenaerde - tel. +32 2 769 56 19
• Catalography: Aïda Ben Dhiaf - tel. +32 2 769 56 18

Scientific specialized libraries

see scientific libraries