The Mundaneum was an institution which aimed to gather together all the world’s knowledge and classify it according to a system called the Universal Decimal Classification. […]
[…] which eventually became an archive with more than 12 million index cards and documents.
Wow! …
When Nazi Germany invaded Belgium in 1940, the Mundaneum was replaced with an exhibit of Third Reich art, and some material was lost.
… sigh.








Looking back and reading some of the old memes, it now seems like a much simpler time.