Contact & Visit

Planning a visit to Amsab-ISG? Here you'll find all the practical information about our opening hours, accessibility, and how to contact us with any questions.

Opening hours

Reception

Monday - Friday 9am to 5pm

Reading room

The reading room is accessible by appointment only, after reservation through the online catalog .
Want to know how to make a reservation? Read it here .

Exhibitions

Amsab-ISG regularly organizes exhibitions. These are open to the public free of charge from Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and on some weekends.

Check here to see if there's a current exhibition and which special opening days are available.

Closing days 2025

New Year's Day : Wednesday, January 1
Easter : Sunday, April 20 and Monday, April 21
Labor Day : Thursday, May 1 and Friday, May 2
Ascension Day : Thursday, May 29 and Friday, May 30
Pentecost : Sunday 8 June and Monday 9 June
Flemish Community Day : Friday, July 11
National Holiday : Monday, July 21
Assumption Day : Friday, August 15
All Saints' Day : Saturday, November 1
Armistice Day : Monday, November 10 and Tuesday, November 11
Christmas holidays : from Thursday, December 25, 2025 to Friday, January 2, 2026

Location & contact

Amsab Institute for Social History
Address: Bagattenstraat 174, 9000 Ghent
E-mail: info@amsab.be
Telephone: +32 (0)9 224 00 79
VAT number: BE 0421 285 549

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Accessibility

By train

Direct train connections from Brussels Central and Antwerp Central to Ghent Sint-Pieters.
From Gent-Sint-Pieters station: take shuttle bus P4, get off at the Savaanstraat stop. Return a few meters to Bagattenstraat.

By car

Follow the R40 city ring road and the P-route for underground parking. The nearest parking lots are Gent Zuid Parking (P3) and Sint-Pietersplein Parking (P10).
Note: Ghent's city center is a low-emission zone. Check here whether your car meets the admission requirements.

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