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Book presentation Blinked Myself Awake by Bieke Depoorter

In Blinked Myself Awake, Magnum photographer Bieke Depoorter investigates the fragility of memory, photography's unreliability, the human desire for objectivit...
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Fauna of the Corpses | DARK WEEKends

At GUM, you will learn that insects can help the police solve murder cases. But first, you have to find them! Search for and find them all to win a nice surpris...
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MuST chooses COMFORT objects

Some members of the Museum Student Team at GUM & Botanical Garden, MuST for short, selected objects that for them offer solace and hope in a situation of sadnes...
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Summer at GUM & Botanical Garden

Fancy a surprising summer’s day in Ghent? You’re in the right place at GUM and Botanical Garden. From tropical greenhouses and shady paths to surprising insight...
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Poop-claying | DARK WEEKends

Pooping! It remains something that many people are ashamed of, even though everyone does it. Fortunately, the taboo surrounding it is gradually being broken, an...
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Museum Night 2025 | Beyond the dark

During Museum Night, you can immerse yourself in a night full of shadow plays, mystical makeovers, and objects with unfinished business.
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The museum of doubt – second edition with a new epilogue by Marjan Doom

Doubt. For some, it feels like a burden; for others, it is an invitation to think more deeply. For our director Marjan Doom, doubt is an indispensable driving f...
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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....
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