Make an appointment

• 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take photographs yourself (without flash), with the usual rules that these are for personal and scientific use only and not for publication.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• Should you want to obtain photographical reproductions of archival documents (whether or not for publication), you can fill out the form on the Photographic reproductions page.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).

• 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take photographs yourself (without flash), with the usual rules that these are for personal and scientific use only and not for publication.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 (own usb drive required) 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.