On the first Thursday of each month, several Ghent museums open their doors late. You can enjoy the exhibitions and collections of our museums until 10 pm. Are you 25 years old or younger? Then you pay less than 4 euros. Children and young people up to the age of 18 can even visit the Ghent museums free of charge.
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Judith, a Carolingian princess in Ghent?
Visitors can reopen a special whodunnit that was abandoned in 2006 due to lack of evidence. The backdrop to this riveting story is Ghent’s St Peter’s Abbey, once the final resting place of the Counts of Flanders. Archaeologists, historians and biological anthropologists join forces to examine grave S127, uncovered during the construction of an underground car park.
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.
Hear the beans grinding in a coffee grinder. Do your opening dance again in the wedding room. Flip through photo albums or read out an old New Year's letter. In the museum of daily life, reminisce together! During an interactive visit, you will discover many recognisable objects, photos, sounds and videos from the 20th and 21st centuries. After your visit, you can have a drink in the museum café or on the courtyard terrace, an oasis of calm in the centre of Ghent.
Join us on the first Thursday of each month as S.M.A.K. stays open until 10pm. Explore our exhibitions and enjoy special activities like live performances and guided tours.
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 - Museum of Fine Arts Ghent - 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.
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.
© Historische Huizen Gent
© Karin Borghouts
© Martin Corlazzoli
