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Collections
Cast your eyes over a series of 27 collections on various themes relating to history and cultural anthropology.
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MuseumTalks
Join us each month for an exciting talk.
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AfricaMuseum Podcast
In the podcast series ‘Talking Objects’ we explore the fascinating story behind eight objects with museum scientists.
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The museum's history
The rich and fascinating history of the museum, from Leopold II to the present day.
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Renovation
Follow the museum’s metamorphosis from 2013 to 2018.
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AfricaTube
Find out about the interactive, young and digital Africa of today.
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The Type Mineralogy of Africa
Florias Mees
Tervuren African Geoscience Collection, vol. 110
Publisher: RMCA
ISBN : 978-9-4926-6918-6
30 €
648 p.
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Unrivalled Art. Spellbinding Artefacts at the Royal Museum for Central Africa
Series “Collections of the RMCA”, special issue
Published by BAI and the RMCA, A copublication with Philippe de Moerloose
ISBN : 978-9-0858-6776-0
25 €
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The Birds of Cameroon. Their status and distribution
Marc Languy
Series « Studies in Afrotropical Zoology », vol. 299
Publisher: RMCA (Partnership with the Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences)
ISBN : 978-9-4926-6958-2
568 p., ca. 500 photos
40 €
Science news
On 14 October 2019, the RMCA published the 12th volume of the series of monographs featuring the new provinces of the DRC. Entitled Mai-Ndombe. Mosaïque de peuples établie sur un patrimoine naturel, the book paints a picture of the many facets of Mai-Ndombe province: physical, human, historical, administrative, and socio-economic.
With the help of eight stories, the book Citizen Science. Hoe burgers de wetenschap uitdagen shows different facets of community science. One of its three authors is Tine Huyse, a biologist at the Royal Museum for Central Africa.
The fifth edition of Uganda’s Nyege Nyege festival took place from 5 to 8 September 2019. Organized each year in Jinja, the festival features East African traditional and electronic music. RMCA musicologist Rémy Jadinon was there to study the ‘festivalization’ and ‘electronisation’ of traditional music.