Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:museum
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Belgian_Federal_Science_Policy_Office
gptkbp:annualVisitors over 100,000
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Charles_Girault
gptkbp:buildingType gptkb:palace
gptkbp:collectionSize over 500,000 photographs
over 10 million zoological specimens
over 180,000 ethnographic objects
over 2,000 films
over 3 million botanical specimens
over 8,000 musical instruments
over 20,000 maps
gptkbp:coordinates 50.8231°N 4.5142°E
gptkbp:country gptkb:Belgium
gptkbp:director gptkb:Guido_Gryseels
gptkbp:established 1898
gptkbp:focus gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Central_Africa
anthropology
biology
geology
natural history
ethnography
musicology
Belgian colonial history
gptkbp:formerName gptkb:Musée_du_Congo
gptkb:Musée_royal_de_l’Afrique_centrale
gptkbp:hasParking gptkb:Tervuren_Park
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
Dutch
English
gptkbp:location gptkb:Tervuren
gptkbp:notableExhibit African masks
taxidermied animals
Congolese artifacts
Stanley’s boat
colonial-era art
gptkbp:owner gptkb:Belgian_Federal_Science_Policy_Office
gptkbp:publicTransit gptkb:Tram_44
gptkbp:purpose gptkb:exhibition_of_Congo_Free_State
gptkbp:renovated 2013-2018
gptkbp:reopened 2018
gptkbp:studiedBy African history
African cultures
African linguistics
African biodiversity
gptkbp:website https://www.africamuseum.be/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Benin_bronzes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5