About the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA)
The Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage ("Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium ‒ KIK" in Dutch and "Institut royal du Patrimoine artistique ‒ IRPA" in French) is a federal non-profit institution that takes care of Belgium's heritage: art, monuments and items of historical value. These unique and irreplaceable creations embody our shared history and contribute to our identity as a society. That is why we believe that art generates the emotion that binds us all together.