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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...
Events Botanical Garden
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Thursday Late @ GUM & Botanical Garden

Every first Thursday evening of the month, GUM and the Botanical Garden open their doors, together with other Ghent Museums. Be inspired by science, doubt and a...
Expo
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DARK stories @DARK WEEKends

Grab your earphones or headphones and discover some of the 'dark' stories behind objects and plants, told by museum staff, guides and students.
Festival
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DARK Breakfast with Uus Knops, Evelien Jonckheere & playField

On the first Sunday of DARK WEEKends, we invite you to the DARK breakfast, a breakfast lecture (with breakfast) where three passionate speakers will take a clos...
Festival
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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...
Festival
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DARK workshop | Taxidermy

Taxidermy, the preparation or stuffing of animals, is a craft. With due care and respect, a dead animal can be “brought back to life”.
Workshop
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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...
Festival
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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...
Workshop
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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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'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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