Ghent City Museum

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Multimedia introduction to the history of Ghent

The Ghent City Museum (dt .: Ghent City Museum ), short STAM or Bijlokemuseum called, is the city's history museum of the Flemish city of Ghent . It opened on October 9, 2010. With the Bijloke collection as a base and the buildings of the Bijloke Abbey , the STAM as a modern forum preserves the cultural heritage of the city and makes it accessible.

The museum's roots go back to 1833 when the collection of the Oudheidkundig Museum van de Bijloke in Ghent was created. In 1928 this museum was housed in the Bijlokeabtei, hence the name Bijlokemuseum . The Bijloke collection was expanded with pieces from other collections. A new entrance building was then built, designed by the Ghent city architect Koen Van Nieuwenhuyse.

The permanent exhibition of the STAM offers a museum and multimedia introduction for a visit to the city of Ghent and presents its past, present and future. The temporary exhibitions at STAM usually revolve around the phenomenon of urbanity based on current topics.

The Ghent City Museum won the 2012 Flemish Museum Prize.

Eye catcher

An aerial view of the city is 300 m² and can be walked on by visitors; an interactive map shows Ghent in detail over four centuries. Zichten op Gent is a multimedia facility that enables the city maps from 1534, 1614 and 1912 to be compared with the 2008 aerial photo.

  • Interactive city map from 2008

  • Photo projection of the Gravensteen

  • One of the interactive halls

  • Grave monument of Hugo II, burgrave of Ghent from 1227 to 1232, in the abbey's refectory

  • Certificate of Emperor Ludwig the Pious to the St. Bavo Abbey, in which Ludwig confirms their immunity.

Web links

Commons : STAM  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 37 ″  N , 3 ° 43 ′ 2 ″  E