- Address: Het Huis van Alijn, Kraanlei 65, 9000 Gent
- Phone: + (309) 235 38 00
- Email: info@huisvanalijn.be
- Website: www.huisvanalijn.be
- Opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday from 11:00 to 17:30, Sunday from 10:00 to 17:30
- Ticket price: for adults - 6 €, for groups from 15 people and for pensioners over 65 years - 4.5 €, for students - 2 €, for children and schoolchildren for 19 years - for free
The house of Alein is located in the central part of Ghent in Belgium and includes in addition to the museum building a patio with a flowering garden, as well as a cafe, a shop and souvenir shops. Let's talk about the museum in more detail.
What interesting things can you see in the House of Alein?
Here you will find an exposition of the folklore museum, which will acquaint guests with the life of Ghent in the XIX - first half of the XX century. You will see the peculiarities of the life of local residents, get acquainted with their crafts, creativity, leisure and entertainment, take a look at life and religion through the eyes of the philistine.
In the museum there is a private collection of old video recordings of city residents, who tell small stories about themselves. Visitors have the opportunity to wander through the halls and see the recreated atmosphere and interiors of the beginning and middle of the XX century. In the House of Alein in Ghent, you will find, for example, shops and craft shops, a hair salon and a living room, a kitchen and study rooms. In addition, you can see the digital photo album presented here and listen to audio recordings.
Thousands of exhibits were neatly distributed around the subject - family, love relationships, crafts, trade, creativity, religion and recreation. A special mention deserves a winter garden in the inner courtyard of the House of Alein. In the pleasant days here you can have a good rest after the excursion and enjoy the fresh air and wonderful landscapes. At the museum there are cafes and souvenir shops.
How to get there?
To get to one of the most popular museums in Belgium , you need to take trams No. 1, 4, 24 and get off at the Gent Gravensteen stop.
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