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Book presentation Blinked Myself Awake by Bieke Depoorter | 12 November 2024

In Blinked Myself Awake, Magnum photographer Bieke Depoorter investigates the fragility of memory, photography's unreliability, the human desire for objectivity...
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'Penis plant' in bloom in the Ghent Botanical Garden

Great news with a scent from the Botanical Garden: one of the Giant Arums is blooming!Access to the Botanical Garden is currently limited, with a free timeslot...
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Penis plant in bloom in Ghent Botanical Garden

UPDATE FRIDAY 24 JUNE 4 P.M.: THE BLOOM HAS STARTEDTHE BOTANICAL GARDEN WILL BE OPEN ON FRIDAY EVENING 24/06 AND SATURDAY EVENING 25/04 UNTIL 9.30 PM!Fantastic...
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The stories of our opening campaign

How maggots and flies can solve a murder case. kunnen oplossen. How a parasite inside an octopus became a penis. How a swarm of bees gets robots to work togeth...
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Food and drinks near GUM & Botanical Garden

A visit to a museum can sometimes be even more enjoyable if you can sit back and reflect on everything over a drink afterwards. Or would you rather grab a quick...
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Sometimes you have to start with a blank sheet to come up with new insights

New GUM (Ghent University Museum) publishes empty book and paints well-known graffiti street in city centre completely white.
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GUM corporate identity wins Henry van de Velde Award 2022

Fantastic news! GUM (Ghent University Museum) has won the Henry van de Velde Award 2022 in the ‘Graphics’ category for its corporate identity. The most importa...
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Beauchêne preparation of a long-horned beetle

In a Beauchêne preparation, an exoskeleton or skull is completely taken apart. Then each part is mounted back in the correct position but slightly separated fro...
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Doubt

Our senses are only able to capture a small percentage of the world around us. Taking that incomplete information as a starting point, our brain relies on a ser...
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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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