on the travel show: i m in belgium, where past, present and future meet. now, it s widely believed that the first ever museum was built more than 2,500 years ago in babylon, or modern day iraq. and now unesco reckons there are 100,000 of them throughout the world. but today, many museums are putting a lot of time and effort into thinking about how they can make their collections more engaging and more in tune with modern audiences. and that is what we re looking at in this week s show, starting here in belgium. the african museum in tervuren, just outside of brussels, is marking its 125th anniversary. and along with a range of events associated with that, the museum s taken the opportunity to reflect on its colonial past. five years ago, the museum underwent a massive renovation, removing problematic statues, changing the labelling around objects, anything that created a negative stereotype about africa. though some things couldn t be changed, like the enduring presence of th
about how they can make their collections more engaging and more in tune with modern audiences. and that is what we re looking at in this week s show, starting here in belgium. the african museum in tervuren, just outside of brussels, is marking its 125th anniversary. and along with a range of events associated with that, the museum s taken the opportunity to reflect on its colonial past. five years ago, the museum underwent a massive renovation, removing problematic statues, changing the labelling around objects, anything that created a negative stereotype about africa. though some things couldn t be changed, like the enduring presence of the monarch who established this place. so here, this hall represents really the two discourses that are taking place in the museum. and you can see, if you lift your head, the name of the late king leopold ii encrypted in everyone s hall. but also, here you actually have an inscription that says in french, la belgique apportant la civilis
do you think your generation, i mean, not necessarily you, but didn t your generation carry some guilt in a way for letting this perpetuate, for letting this keep going? this this old imagery, this old view of africa? guilt, you know, it was all part of the system. when i was at school as a young kid, you know, at primary and secondary school, most of our teachers were former missionaries. and they told all about the good things that they did and that they were debting. so they basically told us the story, wherever we came, it was basically the story of the white people bringing civilisation to congo. and it s not until i basically got to university and started working in africa that suddenly i saw a whole new reality. how much do you think museums like this are responsible for diffusing racism throughout, for example, belgium? i mean, we realised that most belgian children had their first encounter with africa through a visit of this museum, either when they came with the school or wi
people.you certainly hope that and trust that they are being properly cared for.to have a shot like this when they re in a facility is just beyond imagination. it is reprehensible. it is criminal! that is why hospitals have had these regulations and now for the first time through emergency rules, assisted living facilities and nursing homes will have it. but remember, there are generators and then there are generators for some generators will just cover a refrigerator. these rules say that it should be generators enough with enough power to make it a comfortable living temperature. you can buy generator that will just pool a little closet whirlpool or to pool a little that will not keep people alive. they have to be operational. i think the state law would say that air conditioning needs to keep on. this is what the governor had tweeted this afternoon.