Holidays at the museum

House of Alijn

The sound game - walking tour for families

Can you hear it too? The city is full of sounds! Hendrik and Poes, the museum’s ghosts, take you on a tour of Ghent. During an active tour, you will guess, make, look for and draw sounds from daily life. Warm up your voice, loosen your muscles and complete all the challenges. Can you crack the code? At the end of the walking tour, you will receive a surprise!

S.M.A.K.

• Do you enjoy skating or would you like to learn? Would you like to learn more about art and (skate) culture? Do you enjoy music and graffiti? Then sign up for the Skate & Create Easter camp (ages 9-12)!
• Visit and experience the exhibition 10 Years of S.M.A.K. Moves. For 10 years, our participatory platform has been bringing people and art closer together with projects based on doing, thinking and experiencing together.
• Do you have some spare time? Enjoy the collection exhibitions Fake Barok by Narcisse Tordoir, Bow Echo by Aziz Hazara and Private Passion Public Duty.
• Register in time for our creative summer camps in July or August.

GUM & Botanical Garden

Fancy a surprising day out in Ghent? You’re in the right place at GUM and Botanical Garden. From tropical greenhouses and shady paths to surprising insights and art with a twist. Here, your head heats up with ideas, while your body cools down amidst the greenery. 

• Museum visit - GUM
• Visit the Botanical Garden
• Family games at GUM: Professor DOUBT & the reSEARCHtour

Historical Houses Ghent

• Castle of the Counts:
  • Comedy audioguide | from 8 years onwards | Discover the Gravensteen with a fun audio guide by comedian Wouter Deprez
  • Little Guide | 3 to 8 years | Where has that jester gone?
    
  • Big Five | Go on a speed date through the castle's past!
• Belfry: Little Guide | 3 to 8 years
• Hotel d'Hane Steenhuyse: Little Guide | 3 to 8 years

STAM

Children's trail through 'The story of Ghent'

Feel free to touch! A fun children's trail that leads through every room in the museum. Children become merchants, craftspeople, architects or city trippers and participate in city life. They sell cloth, make coats of arms, face façades and work out routes.

Museum of Industry

• Tinker away in the Tinker Studio
• Make your own Minizine at the printing department
• Weave along, card some wool or twine a thread at the textile department

Museum Dr. Guislain

A home of one's own 

Writer Erwin Mortier returns to his former workplace after 30 years and once again delves into the depots of the Museum Dr. Guislain.

Museum of Fine Arts (MSK)

Audio Guide for Children

Discover the museum’s collection in a fun and surprising way with the free audio guide! The children’s listening tour (from age 6) is full of fascinating facts and invites you to experience the artworks up close and at your own pace.