Registrar and Reproduction

Acquisition

Would you like to offer the museum a collection, an object or specimens?

The AfricaMuseum has an Acquisitions Committee which assesses new proposals.

The museum's acquisitions must meet certain conditions:

  • They must comply with current legal and ethical requirements, such as those prescribed by international organisations such as ICOM, UNESCO and CITES.
  • They must be documented - an object or specimen with no identification or data of origin is of little or no value to a scientific institution!
  • The size and condition of the objects or specimens must be such that the museum can preserve them over the long term.

If your proposal meets these criteria, please send an email with pictures to:
acquisitions@africamuseum.be

Any questions that do not concern the collections or archives will not receive a response via this email address.

 

Reproduction

Photographic reproductions

 

The photograph collection holds contains 500,000 images.

It is a fundamental source of documentation on the DR Congo, Rwanda and Burundi in the colonial era from the end of the 19th century to the end of the 1960s.

It is divided into several categories: 

  • photographs produced by the museum 
  • photographs from private individuals and companies 
  • official propaganda photographs (CID-Inforcongo)  

Among its collections are 600 photos of political figures from the 1959-1969 period, originating from the Jules Gérard-Libois collection. 

 

Contact:
Anne Welschen
anne.welschen@africamuseum.be 
+32 2 769 52 65

 

Staff

Scientific personnel

  • Annick Swinnen, Coordinator registration and reproductions
    Registar outgoing loans en acquisitions

Technical and administrative staff

Volunteers

Scientists