Royal Belgian institute of Natural Sciences (IRScNB – KBIN)
Royal Belgian institute of Natural Sciences (IRScNB – KBIN)
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The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), is one of the ten federal scientific institutions that are governed and funded by the Belgian Science Policy Office (Belspo). It is involved in important scientific research activities and public service missions. RBINS opens to the public through its Museum of Natural Sciences in Brussels and curates several important collections with a total of nearly 38 million items, positioning it among the three largest repositories of Europe. The collections are both a reference and a research tool and are part of DISSCO, Europe’s major research infrastructure.