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Belgium confronts ugly colonial past, but African museum changes don't please everyone
Los Angeles Times
The Royal Museum for Central Africa opened here in 1897 to celebrate Belgium's new colonial triumph — the creation of the Congo Free State...
54 months ago
The Royal Museum for Central Africa’s Fraught Update
The Atlantic
Textbooks can be revised, but historic sites, monuments, and collections that memorialize ugly pasts aren't so easily changed.
50 months ago
Belgium's Africa Museum reopens, as country confronts its violent colonial past
Washington Post
BRUSSELS — The years-long renovation of Belgium's grand museum devoted to Central Africa was intended to overhaul an institution that was...
61 months ago
Belgium's Africa Museum Had a Racist Image. Can It Change That? (Published 2018)
The New York Times
After a five-year overhaul, Belgium's Africa Museum now acknowledges the injustices of colonialism. But it reopens amid a debate about...
65 months ago
With a $84 Million Makeover, Belgium's Africa Museum Is Trying to Appease Critics of the Country's Colonial Crimes
Artnet News
The Royal Museum of Central Africa is reopening on December 8 in Belgium, often referred to as the last colonial museum of the world.
65 months ago
Belgium's Africa Museum mired in controversy despite face-lift
Africanews
Controversy over Belgium's Africa Museum. The museum was modernized from an exhibition of pro-colonial propaganda to one which is critical...
59 months ago
Haunted by Colonial Past, Belgium's Africa Museum Reopens After Revamp
Voice of America
Deputy Prime Minister Alexander De Croo hails 'historic moment,' saying it would open 'a new chapter' in Belgian-African relations.
65 months ago
Belgium's Africa Museum attempts to lose 'pro-colonialism' image with redesign
The Independent
Belgium's Africa Museum, once seen as Europe's last unreconstructed museum of the colonial era, has reopened after a five-year,...
64 months ago
Why African Artists and Curators Want Action from Museums | TIME
Time Magazine
A project about the return of objects from European museums ends in October. Here's what African artists and curators want to see next.
42 months ago
Belgium's Africa Museum rethinks its relationship with Congo
BBC
The 125-year-old institution is teaching a new generation of Belgians a different history.
10 months ago