KIK-IRPA Visitors Day 2027
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the study, inventory and conservation-restoration of precious objects from Belgium's cultural heritage during our Visitors Day on Thursday, March 18, 2027.
Registrations are not open yet, but mark the date in your calendar!
We’ll share more information about tickets soon.
Are you fascinated by art, culture and science? At the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage's Visitors Day, you will discover all the finer points of heritage conservation and restoration:
How does restoration work? What is dendrochronology? Do you have historical photos from my municipality? How do you make a radiograph of a painting? How do you determine the composition of medieval paint? And how do you tell the difference between an original artwork and a forgery?
Our passionate art historians, photographers, chemists, physicists, conservators-restorers, experts in image creation, engineers, geologists, ... leave no question unanswered.
Let your eyes wander in the restoration studios displaying a wide range of artworks, discover how radioactive particles reveal the age of an object, or how to use ultraviolet or infrared light to visualise the invisible. At the Institute, years of experience and cutting-edge technology go hand in hand to safeguard the future of historic monuments and works of art from all over Belgium.
