Archives des Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique / Archief van de Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België

The Archives of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (ARMFAB) are tasked with conserving, communicating and promoting the use of the institution's historical archives (documents produced or received by the institution in and through the exercise of its functions and activities), as well as a small number of archive funds of organisations or private individuals historically linked to the institution.

The Archives of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (ARMFAB) are tasked with conserving, communicating and promoting the use of the institution's historical archives (documents produced or received by the institution in and through the exercise of its functions and activities), as well as a small number of archive funds of organisations or private individuals historically linked to the institution.

In all, the Archives hold just over 600 linear metres of documentary material.

The earliest records date from the late 18th century and are slightly pre-date the consular decree of 14 Fructidor IX (the 'Chaptal Decree') creating the Museum of Brussels.

The Archives do not contain:

• the Museum's working files (the individual documentary files, one per artwork): they are part of the institution’s archives but are located in the conservation departments;

• publications, with rare exceptions.

The Guide to the ARMFAB funds and collections (soon available on its site in a pdf) provides summaries of the different funds and collections, mentioning for each of them, at a minimum, the precise name of the fund/collection, the extreme dates (period covered), the size in running metres, a brief description of the archives producer, a brief description of the content, any earlier research tools (records-diaries of correspondence, files, lists) or modern research tools (inventories), and information on communicability.