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Experience Ghent to the full

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Ghent is honouring its greatest Flemish Master

Discover everything here about the Van Eyck year

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Ghent is honouring its greatest Flemish Master

Discover everything here about the Van Eyck year

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Ghent, city of art

Ghent is honouring its greatest Flemish Master

Discover everything here about the Van Eyck year

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Why Ghent
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Van Eyck year

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Lively Ghent

Van Eyck year
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Ghent, great fun for little dragons

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Inspiration

  • stamcafé koffie en lunch
    Inspiration

    A drink for art

    Take a break in the Ghent museum café
  • op bezoek in het MSK museum
    Inspiration

    Children and museums, a great combination

    The child-friendly offer of the Ghent museums
  • tuin sint-pietersabdij gent
    Inspiration

    Easter holidays in Ghent

    Tips for a spring outing with children
  • stam museum in Gent
    Inspiration

    Ghent museums

    12 beautiful museums to visit
  • part of the exhibition
    Blog

    Jan Van Eyck's optical revolution

    7 reasons to visit the Van Eyck exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK)
  • bezoek aan het smak museum
    Inspiratie

    Spring exhibitions in Ghent

    Spring fever has struck in Ghent
  • Sint-Baafskathedraal
    Inspiratie

    Tips for rainy days

    A spot of rain can’t spoil the fun
  • Lam Gods Gent
    Inspiration

    Top 10 tips

    Top 10 things to do in Ghent
  • Kuierende mensen aan de kade van de Reep
    Inspiration

    What can you currently do in Ghent?

    Plan your visit

Event

  • Children’s exhibition DAG JAN
    Exhibitions

    Children’s exhibition DAG JAN

    Jan Van Eyck's small empire
  • A Rua at M HKA
    Exhibitions

    Anna Bella Geiger

    Brazilian art in the S.M.A.K.
  • Gebouw
    Exhibitions

    Anna Zacharoff

    Entrée
  • Adam Leech
    Exhibitions

    Artist in Residence

    Adam Leech
  • Ingerichte zaal
    Exhibitions

    Denicolai & Provoost

    Hello, are we in the show?
  • Schilderende Kahlo
    Exhibitions

    Frida Kahlo

    Her Photos
  • Jaqueline Mesmaeker - EnkelZichtNaarZeeNarWest
    Exhibitions

    From the Collection

    Why Are You Angry?
  • Campagnebeeld
    Exhibitions

    Home Stories

    100 Years, 20 Visionary Interiors
  • Bruce Nauman - Suspended chair
    Exhibitions

    La Collection et son Double

    Works from the Matthys-Colle collection
  • Hand
    Exhibitions

    Oliver Laric

    Timelapse
  • Tekenen in Lockdown - wand
    Exhibitions

    S.M.A.K. Moves

    Drawing during Lockdown
  • Futuristisch bureau met stoel
    Exhibitions

    The Desk

    The evolution of a piece of furniture
  • Carsten Höller: Schwarzer Elefant (1999)
    Exhibitions

    Zoology

    The Ghent zoo

Point of Interest

  • buitenkant van het STAM museum in Gent
    Museums

    STAM, Ghent City Museum

    The story of Ghent: past, present and future
  • Dr Guislain Museum, art and psychiatry
    Museums

    Dr Guislain Museum

    Madness in art, the history of psychiatry
  • House of Alijn, escaping time
    Museums

    House of Alijn

    The Children of Alijn, large as life
  • Museum of Industry
    Museums

    Museum of Industry

    Ghent’s industrial past: a discovery
  • Design Museum Gent: modern meets history
    Museums

    Design Museum Gent: modern meets history

    Large Belgian & international design collection
  • Sint-Pietersplein Gent
    Monuments and buildings

    St Peter’s Abbey, peaceful vineyard

    Luxurious abbey village, the font of Ghent
  • Op stap met een brooddoos
    Sport and recreation

    About people and machines

    Museum game at the Museum of Industry
  • bezoek aan de St-Pietersabdij met kinderen
    Sport and recreation

    Alison, the secret of the fallen angels

    Exciting tour at St Peter's Abbey
  • ingang museumcafe industriemuseum
    Cafés

    Bar Baudelo

    Café in the Museum of Industry
  • gezin bezoekt het MSK museum
    Sport and recreation

    Family route at the Museum of Fine Arts (MSK)

    Look for hidden treasure chests together
  • Hotel d´Hane-Steenhuyse Gent
    Monuments and buildings

    Hotel d'Hane Steenhuyse

    18th-century hôtel de maître with a grand ballroom
  • Maak je eigen minizine
    Sport and recreation

    Minizine

    Discover life in a print shop
  • Kind in het Design Museum Gent
    Sport and recreation

    The Museum Game

    Design for kids
  • The World of Kina: the Garden
    Museums

    The World of Kina: the Garden

    Fun, educational garden and museum for kids
  • The world of Kina: the House
    Museums

    The world of Kina: the House

    Discover the world of plants and animals
  • Naambord
    Sport and recreation

    Tinker Studio

    Tinkering in the Museum of Industry

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