[2] In 1900, he was appointed to be assistant conservator of the Egyptian collection at the Musées royaux du Cinquantenaire, Brussels; prior to that he had been a free collaborator with the museum for two years.

[4] He would travel yearly to London to meet with William Flinders Petrie to negotiate what objects would be sent to Belgium from their subscription.

[4] He also bought objects for the Musées Royaux du Cinquantenaire from various collection sales including those of Gayet (1901), Amélineau (1904), Somzée (1904), Philip (1905), Hilton Price (1911), Amherst (1921) and MacGregor (1922).

[6] In 1910, the Institut Supérieur d'Histoire de l’Art et d'Archéologie was established and Capart was appointed as a professor.

[1][2] Following this trip, Capart founded The Association Égyptologique Reine Elisabeth, which publishes the journal Chronique d' Égypte.