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        • Book History @ KBR
          27.09.2023 @ 13:00 - 17:00

          7 experts, 7 lectures, 1 shared passion. The experts—both from KBR and other institutions—will present their research on books from the collection.

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        • Workshop: writing with a quill & painting with pigments
          30.09.2023 - 03.12.2023

          Combine 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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        • Concert: Marc Sabbah & Eliane Reyes
          13.10.2023 @ 12:30 - 13:30

          Discover the work of Bridge, de Falla, Schumann and Vieuxtemps.

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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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    Prints and drawings

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

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    Rare Books

    Old books dating from before 1830, incunabula and contemporary, bibliophile and precious editions.

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    Contemporary Printed Books

    The publications printed after 1800, 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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    Newspapers

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

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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 16th 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

    KBR keeps approximately 35,000 manuscripts, including 4,500 medieval codices.

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    Belgian Bibliography

    The Belgian Bibliography is the list of all publications submitted via legal deposit.

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