Designed as an ever-evolving encyclopaedia, the Directory comprises thousands of files. Started in 1907 by Otlet and La Fontaine, the Universal Documentation Directory (UDD) is intended to be a living […]

The Mundaneum houses thousands of posters, postcards, photographic glass plates and photographs. This collection was started by the International Institute of Photography (IIP) in 1905. The aim of the IIP […]

This collection contains newspapers and periodicals from around the world, the oldest of which date back to the late 17th century. The International Newspaper Museum (INM) was founded in 1907. […]

The file cabinets of the Universal Bibliographic Repertory (RBU) are without doubt the best known part of the Mundaneum. They are also the most striking aspect of the museum design […]

The Mundaneum also holds archives that are not related to pacifism, anarchism or feminism. The most important of these are the World Fairs collection, and the personal papers of Valentin […]

The collections on this feminism comprise Léonie La Fontaine and Henri La Fontaine’s personal papers, which contain a wealth of documents on the first Belgian and international feminist organisations, and […]

The Mundaneum houses a large collection of documents on anarchism. The collection was started by Walter Théodore Glineur (1887-?). An anarchist, from the 1930s onwards, Glineur contributed to the activities […]

Pacifism is closely linked to the history of the Mundaneum and the lives of its founders. The archives on the movement cover a period spanning the dawn of the pacifist […]

Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine, assisted by Léonie La Fontaine, founded the Mundaneum in 1895. Their archives have a special status given their close links to the history of […]