The Chinese salon
Hand-painted eighteenth-century wallpaper, rarely surviving in the city.
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A Belgian writer and playwright born in Ghent in 1862 who wrote in French, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911 as the first Belgian to do so. His best-known work is the play The Blue Bird. That he was Flemish and wrote in French reflects Belgium's cultural reality in that period.
As a short free pause while walking the Veldstraat, yes. But it is very small and its content shifts, so do not plan around it. If your time in Ghent is limited, the Huis van Alijn, the Gravensteen and St Bavo's Cathedral clearly come first.
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An eighteenth-century town house on the commercial Veldstraat, operating as a small museum and temporary exhibition space. The incongruity is that the building stands among international chain stores on Ghent's busiest shopping street. Its most important element is a room devoted to Maurice Maeterlinck, the Belgian writer born in Ghent who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911, the first Belgian to do so. The room holds his manuscripts and belongings. It also contains an eighteenth-century Chinese salon with hand-painted wallpaper, among the rarer surviving interiors in the city. The museum is very small and entry is normally free, and the displayed content shifts with the temporary exhibitions. Treat it as a short stop while walking the Veldstraat rather than something to plan around.
Hand-painted eighteenth-century wallpaper, rarely surviving in the city.
Manuscripts and belongings of the first Belgian Nobel laureate in literature.
An eighteenth-century house wedged among international chain frontages.
Veldstraat, central Ghent