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Youth Tour: “A Heart for Care”

During the “A Heart for Care” youth tour, a museum guide will lead your class through the Museum Sint-Janshospitaal (Museum St John’s Hospital) — a place where care has been central for nine centuries. This interactive tour invites students aged 14 and up to reflect on universal themes such as care and empathy. Along the way, they’ll explore stunning historical and contemporary artworks, including the world-famous Memling Collection.

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Good to know

Class group
Maximum of 25 persons (including accompanying teachers)
Duration
90 minutes
Price for a guided visit
€ 80
Available languages
Dutch, French and English. You can choose your language when booking.
Booking
Book at least 2 weeks in advance on this page

Are you coming with more than one class? Book one museum guide for every class. You can book for a maximum of one class every half-hour, so you can be sure you will have a smooth and easy visit to the museum.

What can you discover in this guided tour?

Together with the museum guide, students travel back in time to the medieval hospital. They’ll discover healthcare in the 12th century and explore what care and compassion meant in medieval times. From there, the tour shifts focus to the present, challenging students to reflect on what care, empathy, and hospitality mean today for themselves and society. By reflecting on familiar values and current issues, students can find new, personal meanings in centuries-old art and heritage objects.

This guided tour encourages critical thinking and personal expression. Through engaging activities, students will reflect on and debate themes like care, hospitality, empathy, compassion, farewell, and spirituality — major themes that connect closely to teenagers’ lives.

Due to its universal themes, the tour aligns well with subjects in secondary education, such as ethics, religious studies, (art) history, cultural studies, or social sciences. It is also suitable for cross-disciplinary cultural projects and school excursions.

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