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BRUSSELS - BELGIUM - 17 JUNE 2003--The Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren. The Museum came into being following the World Fair of 1897. As part of this prestigious event, and to arouse public interest in the Congo Free State, L?opold II organised an exhibition on the Congo which was held in the Palais des Colonies in Tervuren.--Yearly over 40.000 children visit the museum where many of them get their first touch to Africa.-- PHOTO: EUP-IMAGES / JUHA ROININEN