Save the social media of Belgium
Wanted: online Belgian heritage
Submit social media handles and hashtags that you think should be preserved.
Book your place for the reading room
You can consult collections in the reading room and study in the study room. Remember to reserve a seat in advance via your MyKBR account.
KBR is the Royal Library of Belgium
As the country’s national library, we collect all Belgian publications. We preserve, manage and study more than 8 million documents, a rich cultural and historical heritage.
Museum focus: Witches avant la lettre
Through manuscripts exhibited at the KBR museum, you discover what being a woman meant in our regions at the end of the 15th century. From the Virgin Mary to mermaids.
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Reading room open on Saturdays
On Saturdays, you can consult documents if you reserved them at least 2 days in advance. It will not be possible to order documents on site.
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3 automated book scanners to digitise up to 15,000 pages per day
With the purchase of three fully automated book scanners, KBR will be able to expand its […]
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Save the social media of Belgium
Submit social media handles and hashtags that you think should be preserved.
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Sylvia Huang & Dominique Cornil
A musical discovery featuring music by Lekeu and Ysaÿe.
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Bright Brussels Nocturne @ KBR museum
Discover the brilliant light shining from the medieval manuscripts in the KBR museum during Bright Brussels, […]
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Toots 100. The Sound of a Belgian Legend
Discover the sound of Toots Thielemans at this experiential exhibition in which sound and music play the leading role.
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Nathalie Loriers & guests
A concert organised for the exhibition ‘Toots 100. The Sound of a Belgian Legend’.
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Toots Thielemans (1922-2016). A Century of Music across Europe and America
The colloquium will look into the various aspects of Toots Thielemans, his life, work, reception, and the multicultural contexts in which they took place.
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François-Joseph Fétis: 150th anniversary of his death
On 26 March 2021, we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the death of François-Joseph Fétis. KBR keeps his personal library.
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More than 100 photo novels online
Browse photo novels that were published between 1955 and 1967.
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Browse 213 manuscripts from the Library of the Dukes of Burgundy
Zoom in on amazing miniatures, in full detail.
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Vieuxtemps online
KBR digitised some hundred sources on the Belgian composer and put them online.
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