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Please note that due to institutional reorganisation consulting the Stanley archives is suspended until further notice. We apologize for the inconvenience. We remain at your disposal should you have any questions.

• What: consultation of archives for (scientific) research 
• When: Tuesday till Friday, always between 9.00 and 12.00 and 13.00 and 16.00
• How: after appointment by mail via crc@africamuseum.be. (Please wait for our confirmation mail)
• Where: Research and Documentation Centre, ground floor building E (CAPA), Leuvensesteenweg 17, 3080 Tervuren
  Building complex
  The building is accessible to people with reduced mobility.

In order to guarantee a smooth and safe service, we apply the following measures:

• Consultation should be individual if possible, due to our relatively small reading room.
• Requests should be as precise as possible. Use the archive database to provide precise references. See also Source guide to the history of colonisation.
• If necessary, you can take photographs yourself (without flash), with the usual rules that these are for personal and scientific use only and not for publication.
• Requests for consultation should reach us at least two working days in advance. This gives us time to prepare the requested documents.
• You cannot request additional documents the day itself. 
• Should you want to obtain photographical reproductions of archival documents (whether or not for publication), you can fill out the form on the Photographic reproductions page.

Attention: concerning the consultation of the archives of Henry Morton Stanley, Dorothy Tennant and Jules Jacques de Dixmude, please contact Mathilde Leduc-Grimaldi (mathilde.leduc@africamuseum.be).

Please note that due to institutional reorganisation consulting some items of the History Library is suspended until further notice. We apologize for the inconvenience. We remain at your disposal should you have any questions.

• What: consultation of books and periodicals for (scientific) research 
• When: Tuesday till Friday, always between 9.00 and 12.00 and 13.00 and 16.00
• How: after appointment by mail via crc@africamuseum.be. (Please wait for our confirmation mail)
• Where: Research and Documentation Centre, ground floor building E (CAPA), Leuvensesteenweg 17, 3080 Tervuren
  Building complex 
  The building is accessible to people with reduced mobility.

In order to guarantee a smooth and safe service, we apply the following measures:

• Consultation should be individual if possible, due to our relatively small reading room.
• Requests should be as precise as possible. Use the library catalogues to provide precise references. 
• If necessary, you can take photographs yourself (without flash), with the usual rules that these are for personal and scientific use only and not for publication.
• Requests for consultation should reach us at least two working days in advance. This gives us time to prepare the requested works.
• You can make scans or copies yourself.

• What: consultation of the photodatabase for (scientific) research 
• When: Tuesday till Friday, always between 9.00 and 12.00 and 13.00 and 16.00
• How: after appointment by mail via crc@africamuseum.be. (Please wait for our confirmation mail)
• Where: Research and Documentation Centre, ground floor building E (CAPA), Leuvensesteenweg 17, 3080 Tervuren
  Building complex  
  The building is accessible to people with reduced mobility.

In order to guarantee a smooth and safe service, we apply the following measures:

• Consultation should be individual if possible, due to our relatively small reading room.
• Requests for consultation should reach us at least two working days in advance.
• Should you want to obtain photographical reproductions (whether or not for publication), you can fill out the form on the Photographic reproductions page.

• What: consultation of (cultural) objects from the museum collections for scientific research 
• When: Tuesday till Thursday, always between 10.00 and 16.00 
• How: after appointment by mail via crc@africamuseum.be. (Please wait for our confirmation mail)
• Where: reception building E (CAPA), Leuvensesteenweg 17, 3080 Tervuren
  Building complex  
  A collection manager will welcome you.
  The building is accessible to people with reduced mobility.

In order to guarantee a smooth and safe service, we apply the following measures:

• Consultation should be individual if possible, due to our relatively small visitors’ room. Consultation always takes place under the supervision of a collection manager who will handle the objects. 
• Requests should be as precise as possible. Use the collections’ database to provide precise references:
  • You can consult part of the database online 
  • or you can consult the entire database after making an appointment by mail via crc@africamuseum.be. (Please wait for our confirmation mail)
• If necessary, you can take photographs yourself (without flash), with the usual rules that these are for personal and scientific use only and not for publication.
• Requests for consultation should reach us at least three weeks in advance. This gives us time to prepare the requested works and arrange supervision.
• You cannot request to see other objects the day itself. 
• Should you want to obtain photographical reproductions (whether or not for publication), you can fill out the form on the Photographic reproductions page.