Donate collections
Photographs, posters, tapes, letters, instruments — nothing is too small or too strange.
Support
Rescue the archive
Archives don't disappear dramatically. They disappear quietly, in a skip, during a house clearance. Here's how you can stop that.
Become a partner
Venues, festivals, labels, museums and universities building the archive together.
Support digitisation
Every scanned negative and transferred tape is a piece of history rescued from decay.
Become a volunteer
Research, cataloguing, interviews, translation, events — there is work for every skill.
Sponsor the archive
Structural support that lets MABEL grow from digital archive to public institution.
Every box counts
Not sure whether your material matters? It probably does. Ask us before you throw anything away.
Future museum
What your support builds
NowA digital archive: cataloguing, digitisation, research and editorial storytelling.
NextA public platform: searchable collections, artist and photographer pages, digital exhibitions and education.
ThenA museum: a physical exhibition space, research centre and permanent home for Belgian music heritage.