Ghent City Museum
The Ghent City Museum is a museum in the Belgian city of Ghent. The museum exposes the city history and opened its doors on 9 October 2010. With respect to the collection that is shown, the history of this museum goes back to 1833, the year in which the Oudheidkundig Museum van de Bijloke in Ghent was founded.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
Saturday—Sunday and public holidays: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
Wednesday: closed - Email: info@stamgent.be
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum
- Also known as: “Bijlokemuseum”, “STAM”, and “STAM Ghent City Museum”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent and Museum of Fine Arts.
Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent
Arts center
Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent is an arts center, which is situated 160 metres northeast of Ghent City Museum.
Museum of Fine Arts
Museum
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museum of Fine Arts an art museum in Ghent, Belgium, is situated at the East side of the Citadelpark. The museum's collection consists of some 9000 artworks, dating from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Museum of Fine Arts is situated 1 km southeast of Ghent City Museum.
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst
Museum
Photo: Cristina Pastor, Public domain.
The Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst is a relatively new museum located in Ghent, Belgium, and is renowned both for its permanent collection and for its provocative exhibitions. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst is situated 740 metres southeast of Ghent City Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waalse Krook and Zuid.
Ghent City Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Ghent, Arrondissement of Ghent, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.04389° or 51° 2′ 38″ northLongitude
3.71727° or 3° 43′ 2″ eastOpen location code
9F352PV8+HWOpenStreetMap ID
way 105533772OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q980285
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Ghent City Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “根特城市博物馆”
- Dutch: “Stadsmuseum Gent”
- Dutch: “STAM Gent”
- Dutch: “STAM Stadsmuseum Gent”
- Dutch: “STAM”
- French: “musée de la Ville de Gand”
- French: “Musée de la ville de Gand”
- French: “STAM”
- German: “Stadsmuseum Gent”
- German: “Stadtmuseum Gent”
- German: “STAM Stadtmuseum Gent”
- Persian: “موزه شهر خنت”
- Slovenian: “Mestni muzej Genta STAM”
- Slovenian: “STAM”
- Swedish: “Stadsmuseum Gent”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include De Bijloke and Jan Palfijnbrug.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ghent City Museum”. Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.