STAMsquare is a separate part of the museum with a changing programme of events and activities. The idea is that it can be visited separately from the rest of the museum and free of charge. However, owing to corona restrictions, for the time being that is not possible and you do need a museum ticket.
Come along to STAMsquare and discover the results of the first two instalments of the heritage project ‘The square kilometre’: Neuseplein and Brugse Poort.
Historian Tina De Gendt heads for the district that was home to the former bargees who worked the Ghent/Terneuzen Canal. She brings the area to life in short film reports with a smattering of history and new stories. Hairdresser Jacky Lagrou and chip shop owner Rifat Alci play the lead roles.
At Brugse Poort she walks with locals past the only alleyway houses with front gardens, gets to the bottom of the Rifboys’ extraordinary commitment and examines the temporary repurposing of De Meubelfabriek from a historical perspective. She also looks at why the district has become Ghent’s garage Walhalla. All this with first-hand witnesses.
The search for supposedly lost collections and as yet unerased traces of the past, for urban legends and anecdotes translates into a series of drawings and photographs.
On STAMplein word and image reveal the findings of the investigation into the mystery of the indefatigable ‘Band of the Grey Sisters’ (Fanfare van de Grijze Zusters), which Tina De Gendt managed to solve with the help of local residents and organizations.
Take home your favourite postcard as an invitation to yourself to (re)discover the city.
Apart from 'The square kilometre', on STAMplein you will also find the digital application ‘Views of Ghent’. Travel through time from 1534 to the present day. Zoom in on four maps of Ghent, whose wealth of material shows how the city has changed physically.
When it reopened in December 2020, STAM unveiled STAMsquare, the square that varies in size and in what it contains and with a place for ‘The square kilometre’.
STAM turned ten last year... time for a make-over for the permanent exhibition! Since the end of 2020 you can stroll through the new Story of Ghent.
STAM turned ten last year... time for a make-over for the permanent exhibition! Since the end of 2020 you can stroll through the new Story of Ghent.
There was a time when Ghent owned 5,000 hectares of agricultural land. Today that figure is 1,800 hectares, mostly outside the city boundaries. The city in the countryside. What is the story behind that land? Where does its future lie?
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.
