Join our free celebration!
Design Museum Gent reopens on 3 October with a free opening weekend packed with exhibitions, creative activities, a design market, and a backyard brunch.
Under the banner of Design Fest Gent, we then venture into the city through 11 October, taking you along a surprising route of creative hotspots.
Mark 3 to 11 October in your calendar and check out the full programme now!
HIGHLIGHTS
- Expo outside the museum
- 03.10.2026—11.10.2026
Windows of Design
For Windows of Design, 34 Ghent shops turn their windows into mini exhibitions. Follow the trail through the city during Design Fest Gent.
- Music
- 08.10.2026
Tsar B × Sharon Van Overmeiren x Studio Loho
Tsar B translates Sharon Van Overmeiren’s sculptures into sound! Violin, beats, and baroque merge in an immersive performance. Experience it live!
- Expo outside the museum
- 03.10.2026—11.10.2026
We Are The Next Generation
At We Are The Next Generation, discover the graduation work of a new generation of Belgian designers. Around 30 projects at BROEI during Design Fest Gent.
- Finissage
- 11.10.2026
Closing Get-Together
Discover the free closing event of Design Museum Gent & Design Fest Gent at the old Fluvius site and BROEI!
5 - 11 october
- Workshop
- 10.10.2026—11.10.2026
Workshop for the littlest ones - Joanna Reuse
Join our museum workshop for little ones (0 to 6 years)! Let your child play, move and feel with Joanna Reuse’s unique play materials. Come and join in!
- Lecture
- 06.10.2026
Live uitzending Pompidou
The cultural programme Pompidou broadcasts live from Design Museum Gent. Nicky Aerts welcomes guests to mark our festive reopening.
- Workshop
- 11.10.2026
Learn to Braid - Soft Connection Lab
Rediscover the forgotten craft of braiding with Soft Connection Lab. Learn four basic techniques, relaxing and sustainable. Free, registration required.
- Experience
- 03.10.2026—07.10.2026
VRIJ-spel - Studio Ludiek
At Studio Ludiek, children become game-makers: play boxes with no rules that turn any space into a playground. A permanent play spot at Design Museum Gent.
Design Fest Gent
Design Fest Gent brings designers, makers, thinkers and residents together in the city. Not a single narrative, but many. Not conceived from above, but built through dialogue.
Here, design is not an end in itself, but a beginning: a way of looking at how we live, work and coexist. What is already working? What could be done differently? And who decides that?
The projects are rooted in care, sharing and collaboration. They are created not just for people, but above all with people. Sometimes small and local, sometimes almost invisible. But that is precisely where their strength lies.
Design Fest Gent sees design as an open practice that connects ideas with action, experimentation with experience, and different voices with one another.
- Expo outside the museum
- 03.10.2026—11.10.2026
Under Construction
Under Construction shows designers who start from construction: furniture, objects and installations with metal as a common thread. See the exhibition in Ghent.
- Expo outside the museum
- 03.10.2026—11.10.2026
Common Ground
Common Ground shows design that moves with people: six makers build on existing materials and stories. An exhibition about use, material and identity.
- Expo outside the museum
- 03.10.2026—11.10.2026
We Are The Next Generation
At We Are The Next Generation, discover the graduation work of a new generation of Belgian designers. Around 30 projects at BROEI during Design Fest Gent.
- Expo outside the museum
- 03.10.2026—11.10.2026
A Place In Motion
A place in motion: eight design practices and LUCA students explore the Parkham neighbourhood with residents. Interventions for and by the community.
Download the programme
Would you like an overview of all daily activities? Download the programme here or pick up a printed copy in the museum.