Formation | 1772 (as the Theresean Academy) 1938 (as an independent institution) |
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Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium |
Chairman | Ludo F. Gelders[1] (2013/2014) |
Website | http://www.kvab.be |
The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (Dutch: Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten, or KVAB) is an independent learned society of science and arts of the Flemish Community in Belgium.[2] It is one of Belgium's numerous academies and traces its origin to 1772 when the Imperial and Royal Academy of Brussels was founded by empress Maria Theresia.[3]
The academy is headquartered in the Academy Palace (Paleis der Academiën), Hertogsstraat 1, 1000 Brussels.[4]