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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...
GUM celebrates VULVAweekend on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 March
3 days after International Women's Day, GUM & the Botanical Garden taking a look ‘down there’ during the one and only VULVAweekend. On these two days, Saturday...
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 planned a festive two-day open...
Save the date: DARK WEEKends - Art & Science festival - 21 - 29.10.2023
Scientific and artistic research is not always enlightening. Sometimes, it can be experimental and dark. Moral boundaries are explored and challenged in the pro...
GUM & Botanical Garden Ghent announce new exhibition: Wunderkammer of TRUTH
After the huge success of the PHALLUS. Norm & Vorm exhibition, the Ghent University Museum (GUM) & Botanical Garden are opening the new exhibition Wunderkammer...
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 know very little about this arti...
How do you brush a paper horse? The delicate restoration of a 150-year-old Auzoux model
Ghent University Museum (GUM) and Ghent University look after a valuable heritage collection, keeping a close eye on the condition of each piece. From time to t...
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 with the new GUM (Ghent Universi...
The exhibition PHALLUS. Norm & Form focusses on the male member. Is that putting it on a pedestal? Maybe - but only so that it can also be pulled down. One thin...
The 'PHALLUS. Norm & Form' exhibition is moving to Groningen (NL)
On Sunday 16 April, the GUM (Ghent University Museum) closed the doors to the PHALLUS. Norm & Form exhibition. For more than a year, thousands of visitors, arti...
