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New expo BORDERS

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Expo

BORDERS

To collide, to balance, and to move between yourself, the other, and the world

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Sunday 30.08.2026 15u30–17u

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Rare Sumatran Titan arum in bloom at GUM & Botanical Garden

UPDATE: Sumatra opened on Sunday 28 June and is now officially in bloom, reaching a height of 2.29 metres. To celebrate this special occasion, GUM will offer fr...
News
18. 06. 2026
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NOIR PERFORMANCE by Luanda Casella

With NOIR PERFORMANCE, the Brazilian-Ghent-based artist Luanda Casella expands the theme of the BORDERS exhibition beyond the walls of GUM & Botanic Garden,...
Stories
18. 03. 2026
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The Ultimate GUM Gift Guide

In our museum shop, you'll find local and surprising gifts that bring science and art together. Whether you're looking for a delightful little treasure, an insp...
News
01. 12. 2025
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The museum of doubt – second edition with a new epilogue by Marjan Doom

Doubt. For some, it feels like a burden; for others, it is an invitation to think more deeply. For our director Marjan Doom, doubt is an indispensable driving f...
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28. 08. 2025
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Beauchêne preparation of a long-horned beetle
Fauna of Corpses
“Firespitter” helm mask
Greek statue of a woman
Model of a Horse-chestnut
Long-spine porcupinefish
Leg prosthesis
Ifá divination bowl
Wax model of a woman’s face with leprosy
Wip Wap
Gallo-Roman hunting beaker
Model: age estimation of a horse
Hat mould “conformateur”
Glé head
Chronoscope
Exoskelet Wall-X
Volcanic slag
Female bowl-bearing figure
Bust of a Neolithic chieftain
'Ball and stick’ model of benzene
Model of human ear
Metaphase in meiosis
Twin figure
Swarm robots
Red–figure kylix with athlete scene
Obstetrical forceps
Measuring cylinder
Platinum crucibles
Wire frames for surface tension study
Glossopteris fossil leaves
Tomb stele of Hetepe and Iki
‘Screw-barrel’ microscope
The god K’awiil
Eyetracker
Ammonite
Phenakistiscope disc
Cast of a horse’s cerebral arteries
Simmental Cow
Lavoisier-Laplace calorimeter
White European mole
Hydrostatic balance
Seahorse tail
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