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      • Lunchtime concert: Duo Hallynck
        16.05.2025 @ 12:30 - 13:30

        © Isabelle Francaix (2021) Musicians Marie Hallynck, cello Sophie Hallynck, harp Programme Bellini – Casals – […]

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        Concert “Voices of Brussels” [fully booked]
        23.05.2025 @ 20:00 - 21:00

        On 23 May, we will festively conclude the second part of the choral project “Voices of […]

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        KBR museum

        Opening party: Polyphonic Grooves
        23.05.2025 @ 21:00 - 24.05.2025 @ 01:00

        To celebrate the reopening of the KBR museum, we’re turning the fifth floor of KBR into […]

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    KBR’s digital collections

    Discover digitised newspapers and periodicals, but also born-digital publications and e-resources.

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    Newspapers

    KBR’s collection of newspapers is by far the largest in Belgium.

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    Prints and drawings

    KBR’s graphic collection contains more than one million prints and drawings.

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    Contemporary Printed Books

    The publications printed after 1830, a total of 5 million documents.

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    Music

    The musical heritage of KBR is almost entirely kept in the Music Department.

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    Coins and Medals

    KBR keeps more than 200.000 coins, medals and other numismatic objects.

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    Chalcography

    KBR keeps more than 9,000 ancient and modern engraved plates.

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    Maps and Plans

    Cartographical documents from the 11th century to the present day.

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    American Studies

    KBR has an extensive collection of paper and electronic sources related to American Studies.

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    Manuscripts and Rare books

    KBR keeps approximately 35,000 manuscripts, including 4,500 medieval codices. The collection also include 300,000 old books dating from before 1830, incunabula and contemporary, bibliophile and precious editions.

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    Belgian Bibliography

    The Belgian Bibliography is a record of all periodical and non-periodical publications (monographs, journals, brochures, off-line electronic documents, etc.) sent to KBR through legal deposit.

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