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SUMMARY:Lunchtime concert : Ensemble Mendelssohn
DESCRIPTION:Our Lunchtime Concert season will open with a concert celebrating Théo Ysaÿe\, a Belgian pianist and composer whose work is rightly enjoying renewed interest. KBR is actively contributing to this rediscovery\, as its music collections hold many of the composer’s scores. This year marks the 160th anniversary of his birth\, and among these treasures are a manuscript and the first edition of the Piano Quintet op. 5\, preserved in the Eugène Ysaÿe collection as well as in the sources entrusted to the Music Department by Bozar in 2023. The Mendelssohn Ensemble will bring this monumental and unique work to life\, drawing you into the distinctive sound world of one of César Franck’s most gifted pupils. \nMusicians\n\nDaniel Rubenstein\, violin\nNidhal Jebali\, violin\nGergely Kota\, viola\nCatherine Lebrun\, cello\nYannick Van de Velde\, piano\n\nProgramme\nPiano Quintet by Théo Ysaÿe \nConcert in honor of Belgian composer Théo Ysaÿe \nTickets\nBuy your tickets online to ensure to have a seat. You can also purchase tickets at the ticket counter at the information desk. \n\n		\n			Buy your ticket
URL:https://www.kbr.be/en/agenda/lunchtime-concert-ensemble-mendelssohn/
LOCATION:Concert\, Mont des Arts 28\, Brussels\, 1000\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251022T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260223T170000
DTSTAMP:20260502T133421
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SUMMARY:Pop-Up expo: Tribute to Leen Van Hulst
DESCRIPTION:Our colleague Leen Van Hulst passed away on 23 January 2025\, at the age of 42\, after a courageous battle against an illness. This exhibition is a tribute to her and is based on works by Leen from the KBR collection. \nLeen Van Hulst was an illustrator and printmaker. She was born in Jette and studied painting and illustrative design in Antwerp. Based in Borgerhout\, she worked for many years as a freelance illustrator for a wide range of clients in Belgium and abroad. At KBR\, she was responsible for the Chalcography department\, where she focused on printing and making prints. \nThis exhibition shows her diverse oeuvre and the lasting mark she has left as an artist and colleague. \nPractical Information\n\nDates : from October 22 2025 to February 23 2026\nSchedule: Monday to Saturday\, 9 am to 5 pm\nLocation: General Reading Room KBR\nAcces : This exhibition is also accessible without a reader’s card. Please check in at the reading room reception to request an access badge and respect the silence in the reading room.
URL:https://www.kbr.be/en/agenda/pop-up-expo-tribute-to-leen-van-hulst/
LOCATION:General Reading Room\, Mont des Arts 28\, Brussels\, 1000\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251021T121500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251021T131500
DTSTAMP:20260502T133421
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SUMMARY:Behind the Scenes at the Numismatics Department – Exclusive Visit with Nick Vaneerdewegh
DESCRIPTION:Step into the fascinating world of coins\, medals\, and monetary history during this exclusive behind-the-scenes visit to KBR’s Numismatics Department. \nNick Vaneerdewegh\, Head of the Department\, will personally welcome the friends of the KBR museum for an intimate tour of this remarkable collection\, focusing in particular on pieces linked to the Burgundian period.  \nDiscover the hidden stories behind centuries-old coins and explore how money was used as a tool of power\, art\, and communication.  \nThe visit will take place in Dutch and French. You will meet in the reception area of KBR. \nTo reserve your spot\, please send an email to development@kbr.be. If you’re not yet a Friend of the KBR museum\, sign up here. 
URL:https://www.kbr.be/en/agenda/behind-the-scenes-at-the-numismatics-department-exclusive-visit-with-nick-vaneerdewegh-reserved-for-friends-of-the-kbr-museum/
LOCATION:KBR\, Mont des Arts 28\, Brussels\, 1000\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Friend of the KBR museum
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251018T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251019T010000
DTSTAMP:20260502T133421
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SUMMARY:Museum Night Fever
DESCRIPTION:Museum Night Fever is back for its 18th edition. Yes\, Brussels’ wildest museum night is finally of age – and the KBR museum is joining in!  Enjoy the triple bill featuring the jazzy soul of Mona Mio and the acoustic sets by Cassandre and Mount Rose. Get your favorite miniature inked on your skin in the Nassau Chapel with Dori\, Graouh\, and Harissa. Or discover the museum’s spaces during the performance Laps (satellite) by Constance Diard. \n\n		\n			buy your ticket		\n\n		 \n		\n			Discover the KBR museum		\n\n		 \n  \nProgram at the KBR museum\nLaps (satellite)\nThe solo Laps (satellite) is inspired by reflections on entropy\, a concept in physics that describes the organization of a system. A connection is made between order and disorder\, simplicity and complexity\, as if to explore their endless variations.  \nThrough dance\, a fleeting presence fills the space with clarity\, gradually turning chaotic. This performance\, conceived as a wandering through the spaces of the museum\, invites different eras and aesthetics to meet in a spellbinding and meditative journey.  \n\nConcept and performance: Constance Diard \nSound design: Antoine Degonville \nSchedule:\n\n8:00 – 8:30 PM\n9:30 – 10:00 PM\n11:00 – 11:30 PM\n\n\n\n  \nFlash Tattoo night \nLooking for something special to make the Museum Night Fever even more memorable? Get a flash tattoo at the Nassau Chapel with Dori\, Graouh\, and Harissa from Mue Tattoo for €60 per tattoo. The designs are inspired by imaginative miniatures from medieval manuscripts. Your chance to have your favorite drollery inked on your skin. Do you prefer something a bit less permament ? Stick-on temporary tattoos are also for sale\, €5 for 10 pieces. \n\nSchedule:\n\n7:00 PM – 1:00 PM\n\n\n\nIf you’re tempted by a tattoo\, please remember to bring cash or Payconiq\, as card payments are not possible in the Chapel of Nassau. Candidates can register on site for a time slot as soon as the venue opens. Arriving early is recommended! \nInto the Light \nImmerse yourself in a musical journey in two parts! Mona Mio unveils Into the Light and invites Cassandre and Mount Rose to intertwine their writing on stage. The evening will switch between an electric\, groovy and intense set by Mona Mio live band and the sensitive and refined acoustic performances of Cassandre and Mount Rose.   \nWriting is central to this project\, under the artistic direction of Mona Mio. Each artist defends a personal\, direct and uncompromising message. Through these contrasting formats\, there is stage energy on one side and raw intimacy on the other. Spotlight on Brussels’ emerging independent and committed scene\, driven by FINTA artists. A generation of performers for whom the stage is a place for words as much as for music.  \n\n\nSchedule:7:30 – 7:50 PM | Cassandre \n8:00 – 8:20 PM | Mona Mio \n8:30 – 8:50 PM | Mount Rose \n9:00 – 9:50 PM | Mona Mio \n10:00 – 10:30 PM | Mount Rose \n10:30 – 11:00 PM | Mona Mio \n11:30 PM – 12:00 AM | Cassandre \n12:00 – 12:50 AM | Mona Mio
URL:https://www.kbr.be/en/agenda/mnf-kbr-2025/
LOCATION:KBR\, Mont des Arts 28\, Brussels\, 1000\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Nocturne
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251016T121500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251016T131500
DTSTAMP:20260502T133421
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SUMMARY:The Art of Digitising the Past – Visit to KBR’s Digitisation Lab (reserved for Friends of the KBR museum)[fully booked]
DESCRIPTION:We invite the Friends of the KBR museum to an exclusive visit to KBR’s digitisation lab.  \nFrédéric Lemmers\, head of the digitisation department for over 20 years\, will take you behind the scenes of the digitisation of illuminated medieval manuscripts.  \nYou’ll also have the opportunity to observe the automatic scanners in action — a fascinating technology that never fails to impress our visitors!  \nThe visit will take place in Dutch and French and is intended for a group of 5 to 15 people. \nTo reserve your spot\, please send an email to development@kbr.be. If you’re not yet a Friend of the KBR museum\, sign up here. 
URL:https://www.kbr.be/en/agenda/the-art-of-digitising-the-past-visit-to-kbrs-digitisation-lab-reserved-for-friends-of-the-kbr-museum/
LOCATION:KBR\, Mont des Arts 28\, Brussels\, 1000\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Friend of the KBR museum
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251010T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251010T230000
DTSTAMP:20260502T133421
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SUMMARY:Prayers\, a Belgian creation by Inès Halimi in collaboration with the Ellipsos Quartet
DESCRIPTION:What if we listened to a prayer—with our eyes wide open? Inès Halimi invites you into a suspended moment between the sacred and the secular\, where words meet sound\, and voice meets breath. \nHer Prayers weave together Mozart\, Verdi\, and Corelli with original compositions for her soprano voice and the renowned saxophone quartet\, Quatuor Ellipsos. A mystical journey that touches the soul. \n\n		\n			buy your ticket		\n\n		\nArtists\nInès Halimi: compositions\, texts\, direction\, and vocalsQuatuor Ellipsos: saxophone quartet and singers \nProgram\nTicket for one person\, including the concert and a cocktail in the KBR hall (with appetizers and a welcome drink). Vegetarian option available. \n19:00 • Reception19:30 – 20:30 • Belgian premiere: Prières\, by Inès Halimi21:00 • Walking dinner at KBR with the musicians
URL:https://www.kbr.be/en/agenda/53457/
LOCATION:Chapelle\, Mont des Arts 28\, Bruxelles\, 1000\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251008T203000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251008T213000
DTSTAMP:20260502T133421
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251002T131846Z
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SUMMARY:ARTONOV - Loïe Fuller : Research [Fully booked]
DESCRIPTION:With Loïe Fuller: Research\, choreographer Ola Maciejewska offers a new look at the serpentine dances invented by Loïe Fuller. Attracted by the sculptural construction\, an entity composed of textile\, bamboo sticks\, sounds\, air and the centrifugal force of the body in an active loop\, Maciejewska deconstructs this historical reference through hybrid forms produced by this construction. Invisible and visible\, material and ephemeral\, real and imaginary are carefully intertwined to play with what is given to see. Maciejewska had ‘negotiated with a ghost’ – the expression is hers – and played with the history of dance in order to create a visual poem\, a fantastic tale: a fascinating cabinet of curiosities that is at once timeless and contemporary. \nThe performance will be preceded by a short intimate concert (15 min) \n\n		\n			buy your ticket		\n\n		 \n		\n			Discover the KBR museum		\n\n		 \nThe ARTONOV Festival is inspired by the international Art Nouveau movement\, both for its philosophy and its implementation\, but also by the Japanese sensorial and multidisciplinary art. Its goal is to generate a convergence between the performing arts – music\, dance\, theatre – andfashion and visual arts\, promoting interdisciplinary collaboration and creation in Art Nouveau and Art Deco houses and other venues of remarkable architecture in Brussels. \nThe Festival presents a dozen original and innovative artistic performances featuring young people and professionals. It aims to offer artists\, and primarily emerging artists\, the opportunity to develop their artistic projects in a spirit of collaboration between generations\, nationalities and artistic disciplines.
URL:https://www.kbr.be/en/agenda/loie-fuller-research/
LOCATION:Palace of Charles of Lorraine
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251008T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251008T191500
DTSTAMP:20260502T133421
CREATED:20250924T151953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251002T131449Z
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SUMMARY:ARTONOV - La douce conquête: Messes anglaises chez les ducs de Bourgogne [Fully booked]
DESCRIPTION:In the Nassau Chapel\, Scherzi Musicali will be performing  masses and motets for 3 voices from manuscript MS 5557. This manuscript\, dating from 1450-1500 and kept at KBR\, is the only surviving choir book from the chapel of the Dukes of Burgundy. Its section of English composers captures a pivotal moment in the history of European music\, highlighting the reception of English polyphony on the continent.  \n  \nArtists\n\nAndrea Gavagnin\, countertenor\nJonathan Alvarado\, tenor\nNicolas Achten\, baritone\n\nThe programme was developed as part of the ARTONOV Festival in collaboration with KBR and Antonio Chemotti (KULeuven and KBR). \n\n		\n			buy your ticket		\n\n		 \n		\n			Discover the KBR museum		\n\n		 \n  \nThe ARTONOV Festival\nThe ARTONOV Festival is inspired by the international Art Nouveau movement\, both for its philosophy and its implementation\, but also by the Japanese sensorial and multidisciplinary art. Its goal is to generate a convergence between the performing arts – music\, dance\, theatre – andfashion and visual arts\, promoting interdisciplinary collaboration and creation in Art Nouveau and Art Deco houses and other venues of remarkable architecture in Brussels. \nThe Festival presents a dozen original and innovative artistic performances featuring young people and professionals. It aims to offer artists\, and primarily emerging artists\, the opportunity to develop their artistic projects in a spirit of collaboration between generations\, nationalities and artistic disciplines.
URL:https://www.kbr.be/en/agenda/artonov-la-douce-conquete-messes-anglaises-chez-les-ducs-de-bourgogne/
LOCATION:Chapel\, Mont des Arts 28\, Brussels\, 1000\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251005T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251005T160000
DTSTAMP:20260502T133421
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SUMMARY:Self-guided workshop: writing with a quill & painting with pigments
DESCRIPTION:At the end of the Middle Ages\, Brussels belonged to the dukes of Burgundy. These rich and powerful rulers and cultured benefactors built up a treasure of inestimable value: the Librairie\, a unique collection of manuscripts. Many of the works in this collection\, which have survived the ravages of time\, are preserved at KBR. You can admire them today at the KBR museum. \nCombine your visit to the museum with this self-guided drop-in session and explore your skills as a medieval miniaturist or copyist. We provide all the materials and set you up comfortably—you just have to let your creativity flow! \n  \nPainting with pigments\nIn the Middle Ages\, illuminators did not use watercolours or gouache in their studios. They made their colours directly from natural materials or pigments imported from faraway lands. Discover the pleasure of creating your own colours from powdered pigments and gum arabic\, then illuminate a coat of arms or a detail of a manuscript! \n  \nWriting with a quill\nTry your hand at calligraphy! Leave your phones\, games and tablets at home and become a copyist for a few hours. Quill in hand\, discover the art of tracing letters. Tame the thickness of the strokes\, take care to round off the lines and avoid smudges… After this experience\, you’ll be able to see the artists in action and admire even more the work of the artists who\, centuries ago\, wrote the fabulous manuscripts on display at the KBR museum. \n  \nPractical info\n\nWhen?\n\nOn 4 October from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM\nOn 4 October from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM\nOn 5 October from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM\nOn 5 October from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM\n\n\nWhere? In the workshop just outside the KBR museum\nWho is it for? Adults and children aged 8 and over. The session is non-guided.\nPrice: Included in your admission ticket for the KBR museum:\n\nChildren under 18 and holders of a museum pass: free\nReduced rate: €8\nStandard: €11\n\n\n\n\n		\n			Book your tickets		\n\n		 \n		\n			Discover the KBR museum
URL:https://www.kbr.be/en/agenda/drop-in-workshop-3/2025-10-05/2/
LOCATION:Atelier\, Mont des Arts 28\, Brussels\, Brussels\, 1000\, Belgium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251005T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251005T120000
DTSTAMP:20260502T133421
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SUMMARY:Self-guided workshop: writing with a quill & painting with pigments
DESCRIPTION:At the end of the Middle Ages\, Brussels belonged to the dukes of Burgundy. These rich and powerful rulers and cultured benefactors built up a treasure of inestimable value: the Librairie\, a unique collection of manuscripts. Many of the works in this collection\, which have survived the ravages of time\, are preserved at KBR. You can admire them today at the KBR museum. \nCombine your visit to the museum with this self-guided drop-in session and explore your skills as a medieval miniaturist or copyist. We provide all the materials and set you up comfortably—you just have to let your creativity flow! \n  \nPainting with pigments\nIn the Middle Ages\, illuminators did not use watercolours or gouache in their studios. They made their colours directly from natural materials or pigments imported from faraway lands. Discover the pleasure of creating your own colours from powdered pigments and gum arabic\, then illuminate a coat of arms or a detail of a manuscript! \n  \nWriting with a quill\nTry your hand at calligraphy! Leave your phones\, games and tablets at home and become a copyist for a few hours. Quill in hand\, discover the art of tracing letters. Tame the thickness of the strokes\, take care to round off the lines and avoid smudges… After this experience\, you’ll be able to see the artists in action and admire even more the work of the artists who\, centuries ago\, wrote the fabulous manuscripts on display at the KBR museum. \n  \nPractical info\n\nWhen?\n\nOn 4 October from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM\nOn 4 October from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM\nOn 5 October from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM\nOn 5 October from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM\n\n\nWhere? In the workshop just outside the KBR museum\nWho is it for? Adults and children aged 8 and over. The session is non-guided.\nPrice: Included in your admission ticket for the KBR museum:\n\nChildren under 18 and holders of a museum pass: free\nReduced rate: €8\nStandard: €11\n\n\n\n\n		\n			Book your tickets		\n\n		 \n		\n			Discover the KBR museum
URL:https://www.kbr.be/en/agenda/drop-in-workshop-3/2025-10-05/1/
LOCATION:Atelier\, Mont des Arts 28\, Brussels\, Brussels\, 1000\, Belgium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251004T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251004T160000
DTSTAMP:20260502T133421
CREATED:20250924T151954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250924T151954Z
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SUMMARY:Self-guided workshop: writing with a quill & painting with pigments
DESCRIPTION:At the end of the Middle Ages\, Brussels belonged to the dukes of Burgundy. These rich and powerful rulers and cultured benefactors built up a treasure of inestimable value: the Librairie\, a unique collection of manuscripts. Many of the works in this collection\, which have survived the ravages of time\, are preserved at KBR. You can admire them today at the KBR museum. \nCombine your visit to the museum with this self-guided drop-in session and explore your skills as a medieval miniaturist or copyist. We provide all the materials and set you up comfortably—you just have to let your creativity flow! \n  \nPainting with pigments\nIn the Middle Ages\, illuminators did not use watercolours or gouache in their studios. They made their colours directly from natural materials or pigments imported from faraway lands. Discover the pleasure of creating your own colours from powdered pigments and gum arabic\, then illuminate a coat of arms or a detail of a manuscript! \n  \nWriting with a quill\nTry your hand at calligraphy! Leave your phones\, games and tablets at home and become a copyist for a few hours. Quill in hand\, discover the art of tracing letters. Tame the thickness of the strokes\, take care to round off the lines and avoid smudges… After this experience\, you’ll be able to see the artists in action and admire even more the work of the artists who\, centuries ago\, wrote the fabulous manuscripts on display at the KBR museum. \n  \nPractical info\n\nWhen?\n\nOn 4 October from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM\nOn 4 October from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM\nOn 5 October from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM\nOn 5 October from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM\n\n\nWhere? In the workshop just outside the KBR museum\nWho is it for? Adults and children aged 8 and over. The session is non-guided.\nPrice: Included in your admission ticket for the KBR museum:\n\nChildren under 18 and holders of a museum pass: free\nReduced rate: €8\nStandard: €11\n\n\n\n\n		\n			Book your tickets		\n\n		 \n		\n			Discover the KBR museum
URL:https://www.kbr.be/en/agenda/drop-in-workshop-3/2025-10-04/2/
LOCATION:Atelier\, Mont des Arts 28\, Brussels\, Brussels\, 1000\, Belgium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251004T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20251004T120000
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SUMMARY:Self-guided workshop: writing with a quill & painting with pigments
DESCRIPTION:At the end of the Middle Ages\, Brussels belonged to the dukes of Burgundy. These rich and powerful rulers and cultured benefactors built up a treasure of inestimable value: the Librairie\, a unique collection of manuscripts. Many of the works in this collection\, which have survived the ravages of time\, are preserved at KBR. You can admire them today at the KBR museum. \nCombine your visit to the museum with this self-guided drop-in session and explore your skills as a medieval miniaturist or copyist. We provide all the materials and set you up comfortably—you just have to let your creativity flow! \n  \nPainting with pigments\nIn the Middle Ages\, illuminators did not use watercolours or gouache in their studios. They made their colours directly from natural materials or pigments imported from faraway lands. Discover the pleasure of creating your own colours from powdered pigments and gum arabic\, then illuminate a coat of arms or a detail of a manuscript! \n  \nWriting with a quill\nTry your hand at calligraphy! Leave your phones\, games and tablets at home and become a copyist for a few hours. Quill in hand\, discover the art of tracing letters. Tame the thickness of the strokes\, take care to round off the lines and avoid smudges… After this experience\, you’ll be able to see the artists in action and admire even more the work of the artists who\, centuries ago\, wrote the fabulous manuscripts on display at the KBR museum. \n  \nPractical info\n\nWhen?\n\nOn 4 October from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM\nOn 4 October from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM\nOn 5 October from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM\nOn 5 October from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM\n\n\nWhere? In the workshop just outside the KBR museum\nWho is it for? Adults and children aged 8 and over. The session is non-guided.\nPrice: Included in your admission ticket for the KBR museum:\n\nChildren under 18 and holders of a museum pass: free\nReduced rate: €8\nStandard: €11\n\n\n\n\n		\n			Book your tickets		\n\n		 \n		\n			Discover the KBR museum
URL:https://www.kbr.be/en/agenda/drop-in-workshop-3/2025-10-04/1/
LOCATION:Atelier\, Mont des Arts 28\, Brussels\, Brussels\, 1000\, Belgium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250927T140000
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UID:10001867-1758981600-1758992400@www.kbr.be
SUMMARY:Club Zaghareed
DESCRIPTION:KBR welcomes the YouYou Group in residence\nKBR opens its doors to the YouYou Group\, an international collective of women and girls from fifteen countries. During their residency\, they explore vocal traditions\, heritage\, and diaspora\, and work on a unique artists’ book under the guidance of Will Holder. \n  \nDiscover Club Zaghareed\nWe invite you to take part in Club Zaghareed: a unique series of sessions where women discover\, liberate\, and celebrate their voices. With respect for traditions and heritage\, space is created for new meanings and contemporary expressions. \nThrough conversations\, vocal exercises\, and improvisation\, voices gradually open\, tremble\, and vibrate in surprising and connecting ways. Club Zaghareed is simultaneously a meeting\, an exchange\, and a celebration of many voices! \n  \nPractical info\n\nDates:\n\nSaturday 27 September\nMonday 27 October\nSaturday 8 November\nSaturday 6 December\n\n\nTime: 2 PM – 5 PM\nNote: places are limited\nRegistration: participation@kbr.be
URL:https://www.kbr.be/en/agenda/club-zaghareed/2025-09-27/
LOCATION:Panorama\, Mont des Arts 28\, Brussels\, 1000\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250917T130000
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SUMMARY:Book History @ KBR
DESCRIPTION:7 experts\, 7 lectures\, 1 shared passion\nWhat happens behind the walls of the national library? What have our researchers been working on and which historical treasures are kept in the closed stacks? \n7 passionate experts—both from KBR and other institutions—will present their research. They have one thing in common: they conduct research on books from the KBR collections. \nDuring this book history event you will find out all about i10th-century bookbindings\, medieval manuscripts\, incunabula\, schoolbooks\, comics and 21st-century translations\, as well as the challenges faced by book historians. The lectures are in Dutch\, French and English. \n  \nProgramme\n\n\n\n13:00\nCarolingian and Romanesque-Type Bindings Preserved in KBR\nJuly Van Malderen (KBR)\n\n\n13:30\nTracing the medieval books of the Herne charterhouse near Brussels: readers\, authors\, translators and scribes\nGodfried Croenen (UAntwerpen)\n\n\n14:00\nDe Disticha Catonis\, een populair schoolboek tussen handschrift en druk\nMichiel Verweij (KBR / KUL)\n\n\n14:30\nPauze\n\n\n\n15:00\nBoekenbedrog! Papier en perkament als promotioneel materiaal voor kwakzalvers\, in tekst en beeld\nBram Caers (ULeiden)\n\n\n15:30\nLa création d’une première collection « nationale » de livres scolaires (1777-1785) : une utopie éducative ?\nMichel Berré (UMons)\n\n\n16:00\nPauze\n\n\n\n16:30\nLes fanzines\, patrimoine méconnu de la bande dessinée belge : Ran Tan Plan (Le bulletin du Club des amis des bandes dessinées) & Mycose (le zine sorti du slip)\nErwin Dejasse (ULB / KBR)\n\n\n17:00\nIntra-Belgian translation flows: Belgian literatures in French and Dutch translation (1970-2020)\nSven Lieber (UGent / KBR)\n\n\n\n  \nPractical information\nFree event\, but registration is required: mrb@kbr.be
URL:https://www.kbr.be/en/agenda/book-history-kbr/
LOCATION:Panorama\, Mont des Arts 28\, Brussels\, 1000\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250624T121500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250624T131500
DTSTAMP:20260502T133421
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SUMMARY:Behind the Scenes of the KBR Museum’s Precious Manuscripts – Exclusive Visit with Dr. Jan Pauwels (reserved for Friends of the KBR Museum) [fully booked]
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exceptional event reserved for the Friends of the KBR Museum: a behind-the-scenes visit to KBR’s manuscript treasures with Dr. Jan Pauwels\, curator of the Manuscripts and Rare Books Department.  \nDuring this exclusive encounter\, Jan will offer you a sneak preview of the manuscripts that will soon be on display in the museum. You’ll also have the unique opportunity to go behind the scenes of the library\, all the way down to the “magasin” – nicknamed the catacombs of KBR – where our most precious works are stored.  \nA rare and fascinating journey into the heart of written heritage – not to be missed!  \nTo reserve your spot\, please send an email to development@kbr.be. If you’re not yet a Friend of the KBR Museum\, sign up here. 
URL:https://www.kbr.be/en/agenda/behind-the-scenes-of-the-kbr-museums-precious-manuscripts-exclusive-visit-with-dr-jan-pauwels-reserved-for-friends-of-the-kbr-museum/
CATEGORIES:Friend of the KBR museum
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