Feb 15, 2020 · Unusual as the Royal Museum for Central Africa might be, the conflict over its contents mirrors similar arguments over museums, historic sites, ...
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The RMCA is not always the moral or legitimate owner of the collections held in Tervuren. Part of the collections was acquired during the colonial period, in ...
Mar 5, 2020 · The RMCA is a repository for the racialized violence of Belgian colonialism in Central Africa from the late 19th century to the middle of the 20 ...
Apr 23, 2022 · Does museum has anything about Belgium genocide in Congo? Leopold II killed millions, for any misbehavior slaves had their arms cut etc.
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Royal Museum for Central Africa
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Museum in Tervuren, Belgium
The Royal Museum for Central Africa, communicating under the name AfricaMuseum since 2018, is an ethnography and natural history museum situated in Tervuren in Flemish Brabant, Belgium, just outside Brussels.
Address: Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium
Hours: Open ⋅ Closes 5 PM
Phone: +32 2 769 52 11
Jul 4, 2023 · These museums have been criticised by scholars and activists since the 1970s. Their handling of objects looted during the colonial period, ...
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