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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...
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...
GUM receives 'Special Commendation' during European Museum of the Year Award 2022
Saturday 7 May, the European Museum of the Year Award 2022 took place in Tartu (Estonia). GUM, along with 3 other Belgian museums, was among the nominees. We re...
Welcome in the GUM! Opening weekend 21 & 22 MarchOn Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 March, the time has come! Then Ghent has a new museum. The GUM (Ghent University M...
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...
Humans are an inquisitive bunch. They want to understand why the world is the way it is. Science offers us a method to obtain objective and reliable knowledge,...
The glé head was a sacred object. Blood, thunderstones, poison and other ‘magical’ ingredients had to be rubbed all over the head in order to activate it.
