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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...
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Performance | Short Of Lying | 25 & 26 October 2024

Especially for the exhibition 'Wunderkammer of TRUTH', Brazilian writer and performer Luanda Casella is reprising her successful performance 'Short of Lying'.
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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 know very little about this arti...
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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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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...
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'Ball and stick’ model of benzene

The German chemist Friedrich August Kekulé (1829-1896) owes his fame to the colourless liquid benzene.
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Long-spine porcupinefish

Porcupinefish can make themselves swell up by sucking in water. That makes them more difficult to grab and swallow.
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‘Screw-barrel’ microscope

The very first microscopes were actually closer to a type of fancy magnifying glasses. They only had one lens and were only able to magnify an object to a few d...
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Measuring

Scientists attempt to capture reality in a series of objective numbers through measurements. Obviously, it is crucial that those measurements are correct, and t...
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“Firespitter” helm mask

The West African Senufo people divides the world into two main entities: nature and culture. If either one of those gains the upper hand, chaos will ensue.
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