Movable heritage
Encouraging interest in safeguarding our moveable heritage.
Sculptures, canvases and decorative artefacts are among the many masterpieces that bear witness to our rich heritage. The King Baudouin Foundation is committed to safeguarding significant works of our moveable heritage for future generations, through acquisitions and donations. The Heritage Fund managed by the Foundation promotes over 25,000 works and thousands of historic documents, which are exhibited in public collections across the four corners of Belgium. Collectors who wish to preserve their collections and ensure their visibility can find in the King Baudouin Foundation a reliable and rigorous partner that is attentive to their wishes and needs.
Our activities
- promoting the Heritage Fund’s collection in Belgium and Europe, including through BRAFA (the Brussels Art Fair), exhibitions, publications and digital communication
- support for acquisition, restoration, publication and training projects in museums and associations active in the heritage sector
- facilitating philanthropy among donors and collectors
- conducting innovative projects with Belgian and foreign partners.
Movable heritage is part of the programme Heritage and culture
More information on heritage-kbf.be
Calls for projects
Fonds Sophie Wittemans - Call for projects 2025 for organisations
Support for research into the history of Guiding and Scouting in Belgium, with a view to publications on the subject.
Ongoing
Sophie Wittemans Fund - Call for projects 2025 for individuals
Support for research into the history of Guiding and Scouting in Belgium, with a view to publications on the subject.
Ongoing
Prize Jacqueline Nonkels 2024 - Call for projects for organisations
The annual Jacqueline Nonkels Prize (€ 5.000) is awarded for the preservation and promotion of Belgian surrealist heritage.
Selection announcedGrantees
AG CIA - Erfgoed - Museum Plantin-Moretus
Study of the pay policy of the early-modern printers + digitisation of 20 cassettes + mass transcription of data in partnership with Transkribus.
Publications & data
Events
BRAFA Art Fair 2023
The King Baudouin Foundation will be participating in the BRAFA Art Fair, where we will present our latest acquisitions.
BRAFA Art Fair 2022
The King Baudouin Foundation will be participating in the BRAFA Art Fair, where we will present our latest acquisitions.
BRAFA Art Fair 2024
The King Baudouin Foundation will be participating in the BRAFA Art Fair, where we will present our latest acquisitions.
Funds and philanthropic tools
Rubenianum Fund
Fundraising through patronage to finalize the prestigious Corpus Rubenianum.
Fund Comte Thierry de Looz-Corswarem
Protecting our movable cultural heritage for public collections and the acquisition of masterpieces of art and important documents relating to our past.
Antoine Mortier Fund
Support for the preservation, care, promotion and management of works by the renowned Belgian artist Antoine Mortier (1908-1999).
Press Releases
The Treasure of Oignies, a magnificent treasure of 13th century gold and silverware, is set to leave Belgium almost entirely for the very first time
From 19 March to 20 October 2024, the Cluny Museum in Paris will present the most beautiful pieces of gold and silverwork that make up the Treasure of Oignies, property of KBF.
From a rare 17th century ‘Madonna with Child’ to masterpieces by Rops and Khnopff and a unique magazine by the Belgian surrealists: the King Baudouin Foundation is exhibiting a varied selection of stunning works at BRAFA
This year, you can once again discover several masterpieces from Belgian heritage at the booth of the KBF, which KBF recently acquired for its public collections.
Expo: ‘ART NOUVEAU. Unique objects with a tale to tell’
The KBF will be exhibiting masterpieces from its Art Nouveau collection at the BELvue Museum in Brussels from 7 June to 7 January 2024, as part of 'Art Nouveau Brussels 2023'.
Stories
La Pêche miraculeuse regains its original glory
Movable heritage
“It is rare that works of art were commissioned from Rubens for a specific church, but La Pêche miraculeuse is one such piece."
The Goffinet archives shed light on Belgium’s colonial past
Movable heritage
"The intervention of the Heritage Fund enabled archives of huge historical value to be acquired, which today are making a valuable contribution to current issues."