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        23.05.2025 @ 20:00 - 21:00

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        23.05.2025 @ 21:00 - 24.05.2025 @ 01:00

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    Opening weekend KBR museum

    Posted on 22 April 202530 April 2025

    On May 23rd, 2025, the KBR museum reopens its doors with a new musical experience ! […]

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    Photo d'un manuscrit ouvert sur une page représentant une partition polyphonique

    Reopening of the KBR Museum on May 23, 2025

    Posted on 23 January 202511 February 2025

    The KBR Museum, the place where the manuscript collection of the Burgundian dukes shines, will reopen its doors on May 23, 2025. Thanks to a unique musical experience, visitors will now be able to enjoy the magical polyphony of the 15th and 16th centuries in the museum.

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    Pile de livres arrivés via le dépôt légal à KBR

    The Belgian Bibliography: 150 years of preserving Belgian publishing 

    Posted on 17 January 202511 February 2025

    150 years ago, in February 1875, the first issue of the Belgian Bibliography was published. To mark this milestone anniversary, we delve into its history, evolution, and future perspectives.

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    Extrait du journal germanophone "Eupener Zeitung"

    The BelgicaPress portal of KBR now includes newspapers from the German-speaking Community.

    Posted on 31 October 202417 December 2024

    Thanks to a collaboration with the Zentrum für Ostbelgische Geschichte (ZOG), BelgicaPress has been expanded to include roughly 171,000 pages of newspapers from the German-speaking Community.

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    Panneau signalant la Bibliothèque des Conservatoires royaux de Bruxelles actuellement rapatriée à KBR pendant les travaux de leur batiment

    KBR welcomes showpieces from the Royal Conservatories library

    Posted on 25 September 202417 December 2024

    Nearly a kilometre of scores, archival documents and musical works from the library of the Conservatories will be temporarily added to the KBR collections.

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    Bannière avec le logo de la plateforme Globalnewsstream qui donne accès aux actualités internationales

    Electronic resources: international current events in one click with Global Newsstream

    Posted on 23 September 202417 December 2024

    KBR offers you access to Global Newsstream, a complete database of current news from around the world.

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    Geological journey through the cartographic collections of the KBR: from the 19th century to the First World War

    Posted on 11 September 202417 December 2024

    Delve into the fascinating history of Belgian geological cartography, from the 19th century to the First World War, with original documents from the KBR collection.

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    Léon Spilliaert, Coverontwerp voor Le Sculpteur de masques, 1907

    Exceptional drawing by Léon Spilliaert entrusted to KBR

    Posted on 18 July 202417 December 2024

    KBR adds a new drawing by Léon Spilliaert (1881-1946) to its collection. The work was recently […]

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    image décrivant la transition des contenus de la plateforme ARTSTOR vers JSTOR

    Electronic resources: migration from ARTSTOR to JSTOR

    Posted on 12 July 202417 December 2024

    ARTSTOR, the database of photographs and images of artworks from museums around the world, can now be found on JSTOR.

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    Couverture du livre "Een geschiedenis van België in 100 voorwerpen"

    KBR showpieces tell the story of Belgium

    Posted on 4 July 202417 December 2024

    The past comes alive at the KBR. The cultural and historical heritage we preserve testifies to our history, and gives a picture of what life was like in the past. Several showpieces from our extensive collections are now featured in “Een Geschiedenis van België in honderd voorwerpen” (A History of Belgium in 100 Objects) published by Lannoo.

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    How and why does KBR work with Digital Humanities? 5 projects to know more

    Posted on 14 June 202414 June 2024

    Researchers at KBR are inviting you to dive a bit more into the world of Digital Humanities and how KBR uses to reach its mission of making information accessible to all, studying, preserving and promoting its collections.

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    Couverture du journal et l'indépendance datant de 1975

    KBR launches new and major project to digitise Belgian daily press

    Posted on 25 April 202417 December 2024

    By 2027, more than 4 million pages will have been digitised. As a result, the current offering in BELGICA PRESS will double, and be systematically extended to the period 1951-1989.

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    KBR and Google Books formalize their partnership and will digitize more than 100,000 books in three years

    Posted on 13 March 202413 March 2024

    A collaboration that will double the supply of works from the KBR collections accessible online by 2026.

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    Photo d'une partition inédite d'Eugène Ysaÿe intitulée Ouverture sur des thèmes d'Atala

    Score of “Ouverture sur des thèmes d’Atala” by Eugène Ysaÿe discovered at Bozar and preserved in the KBR

    Posted on 1 February 202417 December 2024

    Eugène Ysaÿe’s somewhat forgotten score for the ‘Ouverture sur des thèmes d’Atala’, dedicated to his deceased brother, was discovered by two employees of the KBR and Bozar purely by coincidence. The score was immediately handed over to the KBR for study and preservation.

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    Estampe de l'artiste belge Albert Daenens intitulée "vers

    Sound recordings, prints and tickets in the public domain

    Posted on 12 January 202417 December 2024

    A look back at the works of authors who died in 1952 and whose work entered the public domain in 2023.

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    photographie de livres japonais illustrés issus du fonds Winiwarter

    Illustrated Japanese books of the 17th-19th centuries: Hans de Winiwarter Fund catalogue online

    Posted on 15 December 202317 December 2024

    Intern Jasmine Vo takes a closer look at the Hans de Winiwarter Fund. Discover an extraordinary collection of more than 1,100 Japanese books, the catalogue of which is now accessible online.

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    Internet Archive: the digital library accessible at KBR

    Posted on 4 December 202317 December 2024

    KBR highlights the work of the Internet Archive as part of its commitment to Open Access.

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    Photo d'un dessin de James Ensor réalisé à l'Académie des Beaux-Arts représentant le Torse de Laocoon

    KBR and the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium have acquired two of James Ensor’s unpublished drawings

    Posted on 30 November 20231 December 2023

    A few months ahead of the “James Ensor. Inspired by Brussels” exhibition, KBR and the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (RMFAB) have each acquired a drawing by the artist from Ostend, James Ensor.

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    Open Access Week: KBR supports Open Access

    Posted on 23 October 202317 December 2024

    KBR has been advocating for open access since 2016 and supports and promotes Open Access Week 2023.

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    Score ‘Poème nocturne’ by Eugène Ysaÿe on loan to the Royal Library of Belgium

    Posted on 9 October 202317 December 2024

    An exceptional acquisition of the KBF and a unique score now preserved and open to the public at the KBR.

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    Salle de lecture de KBR avec étudiant et lecteur consultant un ordinateur

    Access to information at the heart of development: a selection of e-resources

    Posted on 31 July 202331 July 2023

    Discover a selection of e-resources before the AIFBD Congress.

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    Introducing a new electronic resource: Histoire des Idées et Critique Littéraire

    Posted on 5 July 20235 July 2023

    The “Histoire des Idées et Critique Littéraire” database is now available at KBR. It features more […]

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    Top 10: unusual and bizarre pieces from the KBR collection

    Posted on 27 June 202317 December 2024

    We list 10 unusual oddities for you, from toothbrushes to bananas.

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    The “Rijmbijbel” of Jacob van Maerlant

    Posted on 3 May 20238 March 2024

    The luxurious “Rijmbijbel” from Brussels is the oldest known illustrated manuscript in Dutch that has been completely preserved. Meet an international masterpiece from the Middle Ages!

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    The manuscript of Johannes de Altre: a varied collection of knowledge

    Posted on 4 April 20238 March 2024

    Merel Swemle is studying Dutch language and culture at Leiden University. In this blog post, she takes a closer look at a curious book: the collection manuscript of Johannes de Altre.

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    Livy between manuscript and printed book

    Posted on 9 January 20238 March 2024

    The name Titus Livius (known in English as Livy) is a well-known one today. But how did the work of this Roman historian end up in the Library of the Burgundian Dukes?

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    Unseen: a “black” manuscript at the KBR museum

    Posted on 8 November 20228 March 2024

    Exceptionally admire Margaret of Austria’s “Basses Danses” manuscript on 3 and 4 December.

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    One million pages online in BelgicaPeriodicals

    Posted on 28 October 202230 November 2022

    This month, BelgicaPeriodicals reached a symbolic milestone: more than one million digitised pages of Belgian periodicals […]

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    The history of physics at your fingertips

    Posted on 14 September 20225 August 2023

    Physicist Arno Keppens consults rare and first editions from works by Copernicus, Kepler and Newton kept at KBR.

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    A ‘new’ Bruegel richer!

    Posted on 17 August 202224 August 2022

    KBR’s restoration studio has miraculously discovered a ‘new’ Bruegel print.

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