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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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GUM all set for ‘coronavirus-proof’ opening month in October

GUM (Ghent University Museum) turns belated opening weekend into a celebratory opening monthThe GUM (Ghent University Museum) had planned a festive two-day open...
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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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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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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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Simmental Cow

This Simmental cow is part of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine’s educational collection.
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Knowledge

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,...
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Wax model of a woman’s face with leprosy

His collection, that was also exhibited at fairgrounds and circuses, was intended to inform visitors about ‘risky sexual or social practices’.
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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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