Practical details and booking
- If you have special requests or expectations, we will be happy to work out a tailormade visit
- Please book online or by phone
- Plan your visit here
- T: +32 (0)9 210 10 75
- BOEKjeBEZOEK can be reached by phone from Monday to Friday, 9 to 6, but CANNOT be reached in the weekend or on holidays.
Journey of discovery
For infants and primary school pupils – 2.5 to 12 years old
During an interactive voyage of discovery, your pupils will explore the fascinating visual language of contemporary art. They’ll encounter a range of images – some of which are strange or surprising – and discover the fascinating stories behind them. Together with the guide, the pupils will search for meaning via practical assignments.
Practical Information
- Who: Children from 2½ to 12 years old
- For pre-school children, we strongly recommend splitting a class of more than 19 pupils into 2 groups.
- Duration: max. 1.5 hours
- Price per guide: 75 euros
- Number: max. 19 children/guide
- Make a reservation via reservation@smak.be.
Explore
For secondary school children – 10 to 18 years old
You go round the museum with a guide and get to know works of contemporary art in several exhibitions. Artworks that often have a penetrating message are viewed and analysed on the basis of their context. The key elements here are interaction, open communication and formulating your own opinion.
Age group: adolescents from 10 to 18 years old
Options: 1. general introduction - 2. one or more specific exhibitions
Duration: 1.5 hours
Price per guide: 75 euro
Max. 20 youngsters per guide
The Bridge
as from the last two years of primary education
Go for S.M.A.K. and MSK and bridge the gap. Together with the guide you can look for differences, similarities and captivating stories that link together artworks and artists past and present. Cross the street and visit both the S.M.A.K. and the MSKGhent: two buildings, two histories, two collections. Is contemporary art really so difficult or is it late mediaeval symbolism that turns out to be really the more abstract?
Age group: children of 10 to 12 years + adolescents of 12 to 18 years
Duration: 2 hours (MSKGhent / S.M.A.K.)
Price per guide: 85 euro
Max. 20 children per guide
Walk & Talk
higher education students
What is your definition of art? How conditioned are your view of the world and the way you see art? How deeply coloured is your cultural outlook? Could you do it too, or does the artist after all do something you could not? And what role do artists, art and museums play in today’s art? Lots of questions for an exciting conversation as you walk round the museum.
Age group: students of 18 and over
Options: 1. general introduction - 2. one or more specific exhibitions
Duration: 1.5 hours
Price per guide: 75 euro, admission to museum for 19 to 25-year-olds: 2 euro
Max. 20 participants per guide
Booking necessary
