Guided tour

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ReThinking Collections
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Dutch, French or English
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The AfricaMuseum aims to offer visitors a dynamic platform for encounter and dialogue with people of different generations and cultures. It therefore invites its educational partners to organise activities at the museum.

Guided tour Bamko

The Bamko-cran association offers “decolonial guided tours” that are designed by sharp-minded feminist, environmentalist and anti-racism activists! During the 1h30 of the tour, you can partake in critical analyses on colonial history and its impact today. At the end of the visit, you can also share your reflections and suggestions during a 30-minute discussion and debate.

The tour is designed for participants above the age of 15. Guided tours for younger people can be arranged upon request.

Price

For more information on the price (which differs from AfricaMuseum tour prices), contact the e-mail address below.

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Contact and reservations

baladedecoloniale@gmail.com

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Monthly guided tours about the past and present
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3 pm - 5 pm
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Dutch or French
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Are you wondering where to start for your first visit to the AfricaMuseum? Would you like to revisit the galleries with a commentary this time? From May to December 2023, the museum offers you a guided tour every last Sunday of the month focusing on current events relating to the colonial past and racism.

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In 2023, the Royal Museum for Central Africa (AfricaMuseum) will be 125 years old.  It also reopened its doors 5 years ago after a renovation. It's a perfect time for the museum to explore its role in the past, present and future – with you!

The guided tour 'AfricaMuseum today' starts in the Grand Rotunda. It goes through several galleries, touching on Belgian colonial history in Central Africa (Congo, Rwanda, Burundi), Patrice Lumumba, the war in Eastern Congo, the African presence in Belgium and restitution. The guide will also reflect on the impact of colonization on society today, taking examples from current events.

After the tour, you can join an informal conversation in the presence of a museum staff member. What did you think of the tour? How do you feel? Do you still have questions?

 

Who are the guides?

François Makanga guides the tours in French. He is a guest speaker, artist and activist.

Paul Vossen guides the tours in Dutch. He studied bioengineering and Conflict & Development and has worked in Botswana, Burundi, Congo, Niger and the Sahel.

Place

28 May, 25 June, 30 July, 27 August, 29 October, 26 November, 17 December 

AfricaMuseum 

Duration
2h
Participants
Maximum 20 participants
Price

€8 

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French
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In the framework of the 125/5 years of the museum, Bamko asbl, a feminist and anti-racist committee, organises with the support of the museum a decolonial training around the question Can we decolonise the AfricaMuseum?

The programme includes online training, guided tours and a conference at the museum. It is also possible to attend the lecture by special guest Françoise Vergès, author of the new book Programme de désordre absolu. Décoloniser le musée.

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More information about the programme: in French or Dutch.

 

 

 

Place

18 & 19 May: online
20 May : @ AfricaMuseum

Registration required: 
formations.bamko@gmail.com

Price

€12 

Reservation is required: 

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Heritage Day on April 23, 2023
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French or Dutch
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On Sunday 23 April, you can join some giuided tours for families or for adults, as part of Heritage Day.

Only available in French or Dutch.

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AfricaMuseum
Leuvensesteenweg 13 - 3080 Tervuren

Participants
max. 20
Price

For free with entrance ticket.

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for groups
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In French or Dutch
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AfricaMuseum
Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren

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2h
Participants
max. 20
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in the temporary exhibition 'Europa Oxalá'
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NL: 1:00 p.m. - FR: 1:30 p.m.
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Dutch or French
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12, 19 & 26 February 2023
Place

AfricaMuseum
Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren

Price

€5 + entrance museum

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English, French or Dutch
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The exhibition Europa, Oxalá presents works by 21 European artists, all second or third generation. These artists, born and raised in a post-colonial context, reflect on their heritage, their memories and their identities.

How do they process their (grand)parents' memories of the colonial past? As second and third generations, what place do they give to the colonial legacy today? How do they see the future of a post-colonial Europe?

The AfricaMuseum introduces groups of adults to contemporary art and artistic reflections. The guided tour focuses on memory and identity, but equally allows for input and interpretations from within the group.

In addition, the museum offers an interactive tour for students from second grade secondary school onwards, focusing on exploring notions of identity and memory. The youngsters are encouraged to take a closer look at contemporary artworks in small groups and present them to each other. This activity is precisely tailored for students of artistic education, history and world citizenship classes.

 

 

 

Place

AfricaMuseum
Leuvensesteenweg 13 - 3080 Tervuren

Duration
1h30
Participants
Adults: max. 15 - Schools: max. 24
Price

€ 90

Hour info
11h - 14h
Language
in French and Dutch
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Why were 267 Congolese brought to Belgium in 1897?
What was their stay like in Tervuren?
What recognition and commemoration do they receive today?

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On All Saints' Day, the AfricaMuseum and Change asbl invite you to a commemorative walk. The colonial exhibition of Belgian King Leopold II was held in 1897 in the vicinity of the present museum. The Congolese were exhibited in what we now call a human zoo. During this walk, a guide stops at 10 places around the museum that bear a part of the colonial history.

Ekia, Gemba, Kitukwa, Mpela, Zao, Samba and Mbange are seven Congolese who died in July and August 1897 in Tervuren. They were among the 267 Congolese exhibited in the human zoos of Tervuren Park. Their graves are located next to the parish church of Sint-Jan Evangelist.

After the walk, the Congolese artists Faire-part and Waza will put on a performance You have to see it to believe it to pay tribute to the above-mentioned deceased, as well as to other Congolese who died at world exhibitions organised in Belgium: 

  • Sabo, Bitio, Isokoyé, Manguesse, Binda, Mangwanda and Pezo are seven Congolese who died in 1894. They were among the 144 Congolese exhibited in the human zoo of the Antwerp World Fair.
  • Juste Bonaventure Langa is a baby who died on 8 May 1958 after the World Expo 58. He was buried in the municipal cemetery of Tervuren.

The walk is a collaboration with Georgine Dibua. Her association Bakushinta organises guided tours and commemorative events in Brussels.

This event is one of the activities planned during the visit of the WAZA art centre (Lubumbashi) and the Collectif Faire-Part (Kinshasa) as part of the HOME project.

 

 

The walk goes through the park. Bring suitable clothing.

 

 

Place

AfricaMuseum (Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren)

Parish Church of Saint John Evangelist 

Participants
Max. 20 participants
Price

Free but registration required