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Perspectives on the Congo River Expedition
A photo exhibition by Kris Pannecoucke
25 January – 13 March 2011
The photographer Kris Pannecoucke travelled the Congo River with the 67 Belgian, Congolese and scientists from other European countries. Having spent 12 years of his childhood in Kinshasa, where every morning he was witness to the mighty Congo River flowing parallel to Avenue Wagenia, travelling its length had been a long held ambition of Pannecoucke. “I’d give my left hand to be able to go with those scientists”, was his reaction when he first heard about the expedition. In hundreds of wonderful photographs, he captured life on the river; the fieldwork conducted by the scientists and the diverse plant and animal species they found during this amazing expedition.
You can marvel at a part of these photographs at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Tervuren), the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (Brussels) and the National Botanic Garden (Meise)
Info: 02/260.09.70 or info@br.fgov.be
National Botanic Garden of Belgium
Bouchout Domain - Nieuwelaan, 38 - 1860 Meise (3 km from the Atomium)
Highway A 12 Brussels-Antwerp, exit 3 'Meise'
Public transport: Take bus 250 or 251 (De Lijn) at the Brussels North Railway station or the at the King Baudouin metro station (line 6)
The Botanic Garden is open daily at 9.30 a.m.
