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World-renowned street artist ROA expresses his love for anatomy on the façade of the brand-new Ghent University Museum.Right this moment, universally acclaimed...
Pauline Mikó starts GUM Residency during Museum Night
Those who passed through the greenhouses of the Botanical Garden during Museum Night Light were lucky enough to witness the start of the residency of Pauline Mi...
This Tuesday, internationally praised street artist ROA finished his masterpiece on the façade of the GUM (Ghent University Museum). The brand-new science museu...
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...
Many people, young and old, visited the GUM & Botanical Garden in 2022!
The GUM & Botanical Garden enjoyed a very successful first post-pandemic year, with our new ‘Forum for Science, Doubt & Art’ welcoming 98,624 visitors in 2022....
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...
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...
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...