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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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Who is our data controller, and how can you get in touch?The “data controller” is Ghent University Museum located at Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent. For questio...
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DARK WEEKends | Art & Science Festival 2025

From 18 to 26 October, GUM & Botanical Garden will showcase artistic and scientific research on themes such as shame, taboo, and grief through an exhibition, ta...
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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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Sometimes you have to start with a blank sheet to come up with new insights

New GUM (Ghent University Museum) publishes empty book and paints well-known graffiti street in city centre completely white.
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GUM receives 'Special Commendation' during European Museum of the Year Award 2022

Saturday 7 May, the European Museum of the Year Award 2022 took place in Tartu (Estonia). GUM, along with 3 other Belgian museums, was among the nominees. We re...
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Performance | Short Of Lying | 25 & 26 October 2024

Especially for the exhibition 'Wunderkammer of TRUTH', Brazilian writer and performer Luanda Casella is reprising her successful performance 'Short of Lying'.
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Welcome inside the head of the scientist

Welcome in the GUM! Opening weekend 21 & 22 MarchOn Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 March, the time has come! Then Ghent has a new museum. The GUM (Ghent University M...
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