Scientific Research
What type of research should the Royal Museums of Art & History undertake?
For the first time in their history, our museums which house antiquity, ethnography, decorative arts and crafts, and musical instruments collections of the Belgian federal state, have established their long-term research values, principles and priorities.
Check here our research strategy document issued in December 2023.
Call for papers – Ceramics in all their forms (1830–1930)
Study days devoted to the uses, practices and representations of ceramics in Belgium between 1830 and 1930, exploring their social, technical, industrial and artistic dimensions. Proposals must be submitted by 10 December 2026. The study days will take place on 12 and 13 March 2027 in Brussels and Mariemont.
DELFTPAINT
Craft vs Art. Dutch earthenware paintings from the 17th to the 19th century in the collections of the Royal Museums of Art and History
OLDEgypt – Objects of Life and Death
OLDEgypt is dedicated to the study, recontextualization, and publication of select pieces from the museum’s rich Egyptian collection.
MetaBelgica
Shared entity management infrastructure between Federal Scientific Institutes in Belgium
ENIGMA
Strives for excellence in protecting cultural heritage
ERNEsT
Egypt and its Relationships with the Near East in Medieval Times
Mero-Jewel
Production, Materials and Exchange of Merovingian Jewellery (5th-8th centuries)
Elkab
Archaeological and epigraphical research in Egypt
Cultural goods Second World War
Research on the provenance of works of art