New search options in our catalogue
your search results in the catalogue now also list content from the e-resources.
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Wanted: online Belgian heritage
Submit social media handles and hashtags that you think should be preserved.
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.
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.
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.
Study room moves as of 4/10
As of Monday 4 October, the study room moves back to the upper floor of the General reading room.
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Who is following who: the painter or the miniaturist?
In the 15th century, the various forms of art were related. What was the relationship between painting and miniature art at the end of the Middle Ages?
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Museum focus: Witches avant la lettre
26.10.2021 @ 10:00Discover what being a woman actually meant in our regions at the end of the 15th century. From the Virgin Mary to mermaids.
Open workshop: Painting with Pigments
05.12.2021 @ 14:00Discover how much fun it is to make paint from pigment powder and acacia gum and paint yourself a coat of arms or a detail from a manuscript.
Digital Heritage Seminar: Historical Network Research
07.12.2021 @ 14:00Jan Vandersmissen and Christophe Verbruggen present the case of Belgian expansionism in Egypt through the lens of interlocking directorates.
Bartók Inspired: Symposium & Concerts
14.12.2021 @ 19:00The Bartók International Symposium features 4 concerts and 6 lectures.
Sylvia Huang & Éliane Reyes
11.02.2022 @ 12:30A musical discovery featuring music by Lekeu and Ysaÿe.
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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