Guided tour

Available in French or Dutch.

The exhibition Europa, Oxalá presents works by 21 European artists, all second or third generation. These artists, born and raised in a post-colonial context, reflect on their heritage, their memories and their identities.

How do they process their (grand)parents' memories of the colonial past? As second and third generations, what place do they give to the colonial legacy today? How do they see the future of a post-colonial Europe?

The AfricaMuseum introduces groups of adults to contemporary art and artistic reflections. The guided tour focuses on memory and identity, but equally allows for input and interpretations from within the group.

In addition, the museum offers an interactive tour for students from second grade secondary school onwards, focusing on exploring notions of identity and memory. The youngsters are encouraged to take a closer look at contemporary artworks in small groups and present them to each other. This activity is precisely tailored for students of artistic education, history and world citizenship classes.

On All Saints' Day, the AfricaMuseum and Change asbl invite you to a commemorative walk. The colonial exhibition of Belgian King Leopold II was held in 1897 in the vicinity of the present museum. The Congolese were exhibited in what we now call a human zoo. During this walk, a guide stops at 10 places around the museum that bear a part of the colonial history.

Ekia, Gemba, Kitukwa, Mpela, Zao, Samba and Mbange are seven Congolese who died in July and August 1897 in Tervuren. They were among the 267 Congolese exhibited in the human zoos of Tervuren Park. Their graves are located next to the parish church of Sint-Jan Evangelist.

After the walk, the Congolese artists Faire-part and Waza will put on a performance You have to see it to believe it to pay tribute to the above-mentioned deceased, as well as to other Congolese who died at world exhibitions organised in Belgium: 

• Sabo, Bitio, Isokoyé, Manguesse, Binda, Mangwanda and Pezo are seven Congolese who died in 1894. They were among the 144 Congolese exhibited in the human zoo of the Antwerp World Fair.
• Juste Bonaventure Langa is a baby who died on 8 May 1958 after the World Expo 58. He was buried in the municipal cemetery of Tervuren.

The walk is a collaboration with Georgine Dibua. Her association Bakushinta organises guided tours and commemorative events in Brussels.

This event is one of the activities planned during the visit of the WAZA art centre (Lubumbashi) and the Collectif Faire-Part (Kinshasa) as part of the HOME project.

The walk goes through the park. Bring suitable clothing.

Activity in Dutch. Take a look here for more information.

The Brussels International Exhibition, instigated by King Leopold II, was held near the current AfricaMuseum in 1897. Here, Congolese men and women were put on display in a disgraceful spectacle that has justly been described as a human zoo.

Now, 125 years later, the AfricaMuseum is organising guided tours on this subject. During this tour, you will visit 10 significant locations around the museum.

The tour is a collaboration with Georgine Dibua. Her association Bakushinta, organizes guided walks and commemorative events in Brussels.