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GUM nominated for European Museum of the Year Award!
GUM (Ghent University Museum) has been nominated for the European Museum of the Year Award 2022, the most prestigious museum prize in Europe. The new 'Forum for...
GUM goes for PHALLUS extension until 16 April 2023
It gives GUM great pleasure to announce that the successful exhibition PHALLUS. Norm & Form is being extended until 16 April 2023, the end of the Easter holiday...
This Tuesday, internationally praised street artist ROA finished his masterpiece on the façade of the GUM (Ghent University Museum). The brand-new science museu...
Pauline Mikó starts GUM Residency during Museum Night
Those who passed through the greenhouses of the Botanical Garden during Museum Night Light were lucky enough to witness the start of the residency of Pauline Mi...
BORDERS | new expo march 2026 at Ghent University Museum & Botinical Garden
Step into an exhibition that challenges where things end and begin. Expect hands-on citizen science, bold artistic voices, intriguing objects from science and h...
New science museum in Ghent set to open its doors next year
In 2020, Ghent will be able to add another museum to an already impressive list. The brand-new Ghent University Museum (GUM) is located at the centre of the Ghe...
Many people, young and old, visited the GUM & Botanical Garden in 2022!
The GUM & Botanical Garden enjoyed a very successful first post-pandemic year, with our new ‘Forum for Science, Doubt & Art’ welcoming 98,624 visitors in 2022....
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 neighbourhoods. 200 COVITRINE...
Spring 2020 marks an important moment! Then, we will open the doors to the brand-new GUM (Ghent University Museum), located at the centre of the Ghent Botanical...
GUM welcomed an important guest on Thursday. This 'muscle man' came over from the University Museum Groningen and will be given a central place in the exhibitio...
