The Pierre François Tilmon Fund is particularly pleased to have been able to acquire the only known piece of silver to bear the coat of arms of the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Leffe. The coffee pot is unique in its type and will soon be on public show at the Hôtel de Groesbeeck-de Croix - Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Namur.
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.
