Address
St. Peter’s Abbey
Sint-Pietersplein 9
9000 Ghent
T +32 (0)9 243 97 30
F +32 (0)9 243 97 34
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OPEN
Every day from 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.
Open on 26 December and Easter Monday
Closed on 24, 25 and 31 December and 1, 2 January.
Individual ticket € 9
Reduction € 6,75
age 19 - 25 € 4
free entrance children and youngsters till the age of 18
With your exhibition ticket of L’Oiseau bleu you can get a discount of 1 euro for the exhibition Minne-Maeterlinck at the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent. www.mskgent.be
tickets FNAC – T 0900 00 600 – www.fnac.be
In the shop you can, in addition to catalogues and publications of past exhibitions, also find books, postcards and trincets on the history of the abbey.
Especially for the exhibition L’Oiseau bleu. Chasing Happiness postcards, magnets, a children’s t-shirt and a handbag pendant were designed. They are for sale in the shop while supply last.
magnet 'cat'
postcard
handbag pendant
magnet 'children'
magnet 'cage'
postcard
postcard
postcard
T-shirt
By train
via Gent Sint-Pieters station
Public transport
from the Gent Sint-Pieters station:
Buses 34, 35, 36, 55, 55S, 57, 58, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77 (Heuvelpoort bus stop)
Tram 1 (Kortrijksepoortstraat tram stop)
On foot
from the centre
follow the pedestrian signposting to The Art Quarter:
Kunstenkwartier / Sint-Pietersplein-site / Sint-Pietersabdij (St. Peter's Abbey)
By car
P10 - multistorey carpark Sint-Pietersplein
from the motorways E 17 - E 40, exit Gent-Centrum - B401,
exit nr.1 "Alle richtingen" (all directions), left at the traffic lights,
straight on until second traffic lights (Heuvelpoort),
to the right via Overpoortstraat to the Sint-Pietersplein.
Coach parking in the Godshuizenlaan
Exclusive nocturnes in St. Peter’s Abbey
Are you looking for a perfect location to receive your business relations?
As a compagny, association or individual you can have exclusive access to the historic rooms and the unique garden of the St. Peter’s abbey. They are an elegant location for receiving business dinners, staff parties and other artistic events.
The exhibition L’Oiseau bleu. Chasing Hapiness can be made exclusively available for you and your guests during one evening. You can offer a reception or walking dinner in one of the many historic rooms of the abbey.
Price
€3.000 up to 100 people
€3.500 up to 150 people
€4.000 up to 200 people (only possible in combination with a reception)
When: daily except on Monday, from 6 pm until midnight
Included in the price is:
- admission to the exhibition L'Oiseau bleu. Chasing Happiness
- audioguides
- exclusive use of a historic room for a reception or dinner
- insurance
- supervision
- cleaning
The caterer is MDV Event Catering - www.mdveventcatering.be
contact: Dimitri Declercq, 0473 46 08 13 -
Contact
Geertrui Ryckaert
T 09 243 97 41
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Toddlers
more info +
Younger children can participate in the quest ‘Where is that bird of happiness?’. Together with their teacher, they look for fun objects in the exhibition. At the end of their expedition they can colour in their bird of happiness and to top it all off, also receive a gift.
Audioguide L’Oiseau bleu
more info +
i.c.w. NTGent
Children aged eight years and older can listen to the radio play on the audio guide together with their teacher.
- Age: from 8 years of age
- Duration: 90‘
- Number: max. 100 children per hour
- Price: free for -18 years of age
Mr. Maurice in the classroom (in Dutch)
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i.c.w. vzw Rijms, Pedagogische begeleidingsdienst Stad Gent et WOCK
Primary school teachers can visit the L'Oiseau Bleu. Chasing Happiness exhibition with their class free of charge. The educational package which will help them prepare for the exhibition, is available on request, and was developed in collaboration with vzw Rijms, the city of Ghent Educational advisory department and WOCK. The thread that runs through it comprises themes of happiness, talent and spirit of the times, which immediately takes pupils to the heart of the matter and guides them through the exhibition in a creative way.
- Age: from 6 till 12 years of age
- Duration: 90‘
- Number: 100 children per hour
- Price: free for -18 years of age
The blue hour (in Dutch)
more info +
i.c.w. Jeugdtheaterhuis Larf!
During the exhibition the Library Attic in St. Peter’s Abbey will be transformed into a true theatre workshop on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Groups of pupils will work together with Jeugdtheaterhuis Larf on improvisation sessions on happiness. They will focus on Maurice Maeterlinck and the spirit of the times in which he lived.
- Age: from 6 till 12 years of age
- Duration: 120‘
- Number: max. 25 children/session
- Price: 50 euro/session
free for -18 years of age
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- The theater workshop can only be booked in combination with a visit to the exhibition L’Oiseau bleu.
Reservation
+32 (0)9 267 14 66
A visit to this chil-friendly exhibition is a total unique experience. Children aged eight years and older can listen to the radio play on the audio guide together with their parents or grandparents. Like Tyltyl and Mytyl, he or she will experience this fairy tale, not from a theatre seat, but walking through the play in the great abbey refectory which for the occasion has been transformed into a fairy tale landscape under a sparkling starry sky. The voices of top actors such as An Miller, Chris Thys, Els Dottermans, Oscar Van Rompay and Steven Watermeulen bring the tale to life. The arrangements of Ron Reuman draw the visitor into the fairy tale dream world of L'Oiseau bleu.
The exhibition can be visited in groups. In the first part of the tour a guide introduces you to the phylosofical tale and the global hype L’Oiseau bleu created. Then you litterally step inside the story and experience your own nightly queste, just like Tyltyl and Mytyl, through successive colorful scenes. The audio guides, realised in close collaboration with NTGent, will focus on the original text. To conclude the exhibition the makers also highlight the figure of Maurice Maeterlinck. The guide will join you there for some more additional information.
Price: € 80
Duration: 120’
amax. 25 persons per guide
Reservations: BOEKjeBEZOEK
T +32 (0) 9 267 14 66
E boekjebezoek@gent.be
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