Guided tour at the KBR museum
School offer KBR museum
Group offer “James Ensor. Inspired by Brussels”
What’s on at KBR?
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Concert: Marc Sabbah & Eliane Reyes
13.10.2023 @ 12:30 – 13:30Discover the work of Bridge, de Falla, Schumann and Vieuxtemps.
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Workshop: writing with a quill & painting with pigments
21.10.2023 – 03.12.2023Combine your visit to the KBR museum in autumn with a workshop where you can paint and calligraphy like a medieval miniaturist or copyist.
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Open workshop: Inside the lab of the miniaturist
25.10.2023 – 31.10.2023In this workshop at the KBR museum, you will discover how medieval artists transformed plants into colours which they used to paint miniatures.
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Concert: Erik Sluys & Katsura Mizumoto
17.11.2023 @ 12:30 – 13:30Brahms, Lekeu and Samuel performed by Erik Sluys en Katsura Mizumoto.
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The “Rijmbijbel” of Jacob van Maerlant
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
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
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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