Every first Thursday of the month, various Ghent museums open their doors to the general public. You can enjoy the exhibitions and collections of our museums until 10 pm. Are you 25 years old or younger? Then you only pay 2 euros. Children and young people up to the age of 18 can even visit the Ghent museums completely free of charge.
Exhibition Buitenmensen
The Buitenmensen exhibition will run from October 20, 2023 untill April 14, 2024 in St. Peter's Abbey in Ghent: the colourful report of a journey of two thousand wonderfully slow kilometers through the countryside. With an old tractor plus animal cart as a photostudio, photojournalist Jelle Vermeersch watched and listened to the residents of the countryside. A diverse stream of people passes by. People whose small story is inextricably linked to the big history of the countryside.
Late Thursdays in 2023: November 2 and December 7.
Dive into the heads of scientists in the GUM, the new 'Forum for Science, Doubt & Art', and discover how these scientists search for knowledge by trial and error. You walk along themes such as 'Doubt', 'Chaos' and 'Imagination' and discover unique objects and stories from the collections of Ghent University. During Thursday Late you can also visit the Botanical Garden and its special greenhouses for free. Who knows, you might even hear the flute frogs whistling. They are mainly active in the evening and at night.
Go on a nostalgic trip in the 90's expo, visit the main exhibition on everyday life from the 20th century to the present, and chat in the museum café or on the terrace!
Get to know the permanent exhibitions 'About People and Machinery', 'Three centuries of graphic industry' and '100% Textiles', as well as the temporary exhibitions of the moment.
(Re)discover the forty rooms of the MSK full of new stories and dozens of never-before-exhibited works of art, and get to know new thematic rooms that shed light on man and the world of the past and the present.
On Thursday, September 7, 2023, S.M.A.K. will remain exceptionally open until 10pm. Enjoy the ongoing exhibitions and activities below:
Visit STAM and discover 'The story of Ghent', the permanent exhibition. Walk across the gigantic aerial photograph, see and feel the city grow and change shape, discover unique objects, immerse yourself in digital animations and get lost in wall-to-wall maps.
© Karin Borghouts
© Martin Corlazzoli
