Showcasing the results of our ALIMENT-project, the BB-lab team worked together with ‘Raakvlak Brugge’ to set up a pop-up exhibition about the role of animals in Flanders during the postmedieval period. Appropriately, the event was organized in the 17^th century buildings of petting farm ‘Zeven Torentjes’, just outside the city of Bruges. The exhibition was geared towards a wide audience and featured a range of interesting animal remains found across Flanders. In addition to learning more about human-animal relationships in the past, visitors were also able to familiarize themselves with the animals living at the farm.

The exhibition, taking place during the February school break, was a great success. Not only did the opening of the event attract a delegation of representatives from the city of Bruges, at the end of the week a total of 1968 visitors were counted. As outreach is an important part of our job as archaeological scientists, we feel this is a significant achievement for our team.