Please note: due to stormy weather, the Botanical Garden and greenhouses are closed Friday, October 23th. The GUM is, of course, open. GUM is closed on Wednesdays, the Botanical Garden is open.

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Artistic anatomy and plumbing appears in the greenhouses of the Botanical Garden

Those who visit the greenhouses of the Botanical Garden from Thursday 7 January will discover two impressive fountains in the pond...

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GUM and Ghent Museums are moving into Ghent's neighborhoods with COVITRINE

When museum visits are either impossible or restricted, COVITRINE brings Ghent’s museums and their collections to the streets and...

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The GUM and the Botanical Garden are temporarily closed due to corona measures

The GUM (Ghent University Museum) and Ghent Botanical Garden have decided, following the Council of Ministers, to temporarily clos...

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The stories of our opening campaign

How maggots and flies can solve a murder case. kunnen oplossen. How a parasite inside an octopus became a penis. How a swarm of b...

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Not yet started and already extended - Van Eyck in Depth

The pop-up exhibition 'Van Eyck in Depth. Friction and harmony through the eye of architects and artists', which opens together wi...

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ROA completes impressive mural in Ghent

This Tuesday, internationally praised street artist ROA finished his masterpiece on the façade of the GUM (Ghent University Museum...

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GUM all set for ‘coronavirus-proof’ opening month in October

GUM (Ghent University Museum) turns belated opening weekend into a celebratory opening monthThe GUM (Ghent University Museum) had...

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Street artist ROA takes over brand-new GUM

World-renowned street artist ROA expresses his love for anatomy on the façade of the brand-new Ghent University Museum.Right this...

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The conservation of a unique masterpiece: Antonio Chichi’s cork model of the Pantheon

This cork model of the Pantheon, which is part of the GUM’s heritage collections, was created by Antonio Chichi (1743-1816). We kn...

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