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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'.
The GUM opened its doors six years ago. We are now already thinking about the future of our permanent exhibition. That is why we would like to hear our visitors...
The GUM and the Botanical Garden are temporarily closed due to corona measures
The GUM (Ghent University Museum) and Ghent Botanical Garden have decided, following the Council of Ministers, to temporarily close their doors from Thursday 29...
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...
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 & Botanical Garden Ghent announce new exhibition: Wunderkammer of TRUTH
After the huge success of the PHALLUS. Norm & Vorm exhibition, the Ghent University Museum (GUM) & Botanical Garden are opening the new exhibition Wunderkammer...
This Tuesday, internationally praised street artist ROA finished his masterpiece on the façade of the GUM (Ghent University Museum). The brand-new science museu...
Spring 2020 marks an important moment! Then, we will open the doors to the brand-new GUM (Ghent University Museum), located at the centre of the Ghent Botanical...
A visit to a museum can sometimes be even more enjoyable if you can sit back and reflect on everything over a drink afterwards. Or would you rather grab a quick...
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...