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Portraits by Lieve Blancquaert for Trans – Et alors?

Photographer Lieve Blancquaert took portraits of twelve people for the book Trans – Et alors? by medical transition expert Piet Hoebeke and author Marijke Liber...
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GUM opens PHALLUS. Norm & Form

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...
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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 teaches the public to draw phalluses, vulvas and more with a surprising connect-the-dots booklet.

20 pages, 20 vaginas – or not at all?What do you see down there? Using a remarkable connect-the-dots booklet, GUM (Ghent University Museum) shows the world that...
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BORDERS | New Expo at Ghent University Museum & Botanical 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...
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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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Twin figure

An ere ibeji is a carved wooden figure of a twin who died in childhood.
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Model of human ear

Anatomical models continue to prove useful in lecture halls, classrooms and hospitals
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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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Model of a Horse-chestnut

Plants can be classified according to various criteria: their medicinal properties, where they grow, alphabetical order, etc.
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