The King Baudouin Foundation has acquired a collection of letters written by Georges Simenon to his friend Raymond Ziza. A precious and unprecedented source of information on the life and work of the creator of Commissaire(Inspector) Maigret.
'Hugo Claus, Con Amore' is an exhibition about and in celebration of Hugo Claus at the BOZAR, Brussels. A portrait without precedent, with several pieces from our Hugo Claus and Christian Dotremont archives. A first!
An enormous 8m long screw, weighing 2 tonnes, will drive the new wood-chip boiler at the Château de Freÿr. A project of the Laubespin-Lagarde Fund, managed by the King Baudouin Foundation, designed to reduce the environmental footprint of this listed site.
The 2017 Prize for Belgian Heritage Abroad has been awarded to projects of the embassies in Kiev, Rio de Janeiro, Lima, Rome and Madrid. With this prize, the Belgian Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the King Baudouin Foundation continue to highlight the wealth of Belgian heritage abroad.
The Count Thierry de Looz-Corswarem Fund has been able to acquire a rare set of four large silver toiletry boxes. They can now be seen at the Cinquantenaire Museum, Brussels.
