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The 'PHALLUS. Norm & Form' exhibition is moving to Groningen (NL)

On Sunday 16 April, the GUM (Ghent University Museum) closed the doors to the PHALLUS. Norm & Form exhibition. For more than a year, thousands of visitors, arti...
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GUM & Botanical Garden Ghent announce new exhibition: Wunderkammer of TRUTH

After the huge success of the PHALLUS. Norm & Vorm exhibition, the Ghent University Museum (GUM) & Botanical Garden are opening the new exhibition Wunderkammer...
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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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GUM unboxes masterpiece for PHALLUS. Norm & Form

GUM welcomed an important guest on Thursday. This 'muscle man' came over from the University Museum Groningen and will be given a central place in the exhibitio...
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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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Model: age estimation of a horse

French doctor Louis Auzoux manufactured anatomical models of animals, humans and plants.
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Obstetrical forceps

Jan Palfijn (1650-1730) was a famous surgeon and obstetrician. His name is inextricably linked to the forceps he invented.
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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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Eyetracker

Can somebody else identify a dancer’s mood merely by looking at their dance moves?
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Measuring cylinder

Bakelite owed its enormous success to a combination of properties: it is chemically inert, an electrical insulator and heat resistant (up to more than 400°C).
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