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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 neighbourhoods. 200 COVITRINE...
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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). The brand-new science museu...
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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...
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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 close their doors from Thursday 29...
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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....
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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 of the Victoria Greenhouse. T...
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GUM opens with Van Eyck in Depth

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...
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Lavoisier-Laplace calorimeter

By measuring how much ice melted, Lavoisier was able to calculate how many calories the guinea pig was burning.
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Red–figure kylix with athlete scene

This red-figure drinking vessel portrays young athletes with a strigil (a scraper for removing sweat and dirt from the body)
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Chaos

Throughout the day, we are forced to deal with numerous new impressions and experiences. In order to get to grips with the chaos that characterises the world ar...
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