Collections of Ghent: Museums, institutions and citizens share cultural heritage.
Ghent's heritage institutions and museums are preserving an enormous amount of cultural heritage. At the same time the citizens of Ghent possess a treasure trove of knowledge and stories.
For Collections of Ghent, the City and its museums and archives have collaborated with partners from the corporate, cultural, and academic world to digitize an invaluable collection of more-or-less 75,000 objects, stories and documents. This collected heritage converged in the CoGent box, an immersive, high-tech and mobile experience room. The CoGent box went on tour in three neighbourhoods of Ghent: Watersportbaan - Ekkergem, Tolhuis-Sluizeken-Ham and Wondelgem. Visitors were able to participate by adding personal stories about the cultural heritage displayed in the CoGent box.
The CoGhent box and online platform
The CoGent box and the online platform data.collectie.gent are two of the tools that engage and amaze citizens.
The CoGent box is a digital experience space that travels through Ghent's neighbourhoods. It revives heritage objects by means of surprising storylines. Visitors can discover, experience and share their past with other residents of Ghent.
On the online platform data.collectie.gent users can browse to more than 70.000 cultural heritage assets, add their own collections and comment or add information to existing ones.
This project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) initiative.
