Discover
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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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Stemmen van Afrika
Stemmen van Afrika is a website about African languages, created by a team of linguists and Africa experts. The website is in Dutch.
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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
Scientists from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and the Royal Museum for Central Africa have published factsheets for dozens of invasive species that are of concern to Europe. These factsheets more specifically evaluate the relevance of genetic techniques to identify such species. The factsheets aim to inform policy makers and provide authorities with an identification tool.
The ability of the world’s tropical forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere is decreasing, according to a study tracking 300,000 trees over 30 years, published in Nature. The global scientific collaboration, led by the Royal Museum for Central Africa and the University of Leeds, reveals that a feared switch of the world’s undisturbed tropical forests from a carbon sink to a carbon source has begun.
Patricia Van Schuylenbergh, historian at the museum, has published the book Faune sauvage et colonisation. Une histoire de destruction et de protection de la nature congolaise (1885-1960).