1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 15 11 12 10 13 14 20 21 22 19 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 18 17 16 WC WC You can listen to audio recordings throughout the entire exhibition hall. - Give your ear a workout and learn how tonal languages work. - Learn Swahili. What does the cow do? Slit drum. Kalimba. Dance the rumba! Musical Structures. Afropea, meeting place and documentation centre where the story of the African diaspora is presented like a family album. 8 Moseka, the traffic robot. Use a digital animation to look at the many animals who live in the different layers of the forest. Aquarium. What fly is this? What fish is this? Scale model of the Reef area. Under the microscope: - Face to face with parasites. - Face to face with the malaria mosquito. See and feel the differences between the hands of a human, a chimpanzee, and a gorilla. Giraffe. Elephant. Central Africa subsoil. 24 The museum as it was 100 years ago. Scale models: - the Congo River. - the Inga Dam. Look for the oldest tooth in Africa! Look at the most beautiful wood samples close up. African history since the arrival of the Europeans has often been painful. For a long time Africans were viewed as inferior, and the natural resources of their continent were drawn off to the Great Powers. Put on your Virtual Reality headsets and enjoy an immersive experience in the rainforest or the vibrant city of Kinshasa. The old wall maps show ‘voyages of discovery’ through unexplored Africa. But Africans already knew these places and had travelled through them long before! Ever wanted to touch the hide of an elephant or buffalo? Here (and only here!) is your chance. Feel the difference between the sharp, pointy teeth of carnivores and the flat teeth of herbivores. Your chance to focus on the themes of Rituals and Ceremonies, in the big exhibition hall next door. You can do whatever you like: play, learn, or simply mess around! Going to school, now and then. Charms to protect children. Inner courtyard Access to welcome pavilion Languages and Music Studio Rumba Unrivalled art Afropea Taxolab Landscapes and Biodiversity The Resource Paradox Mineral Cabinet Long History The Crocodile Room Imagery Colonial History and Independence Studio 6+ Rituals and Ceremonies Lieu de memoire 30 29 27 26 25 23 21 20 19 18 17 16 14 13 12 11 10 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 15 22 28 Rotunda Park Leuvensesteenweg You can touch these objects Under the microscope Interactive touchscreen Audio excerpt Please do not touch the animals on display. Only the pieces with a hands-on symbol can be handled.