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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...
UPDATE FRIDAY 24 JUNE 4 P.M.: THE BLOOM HAS STARTEDTHE BOTANICAL GARDEN WILL BE OPEN ON FRIDAY EVENING 24/06 AND SATURDAY EVENING 25/04 UNTIL 9.30 PM!Fantastic...
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...
GUM corporate identity wins Henry van de Velde Award 2022
Fantastic news! GUM (Ghent University Museum) has won the Henry van de Velde Award 2022 in the ‘Graphics’ category for its corporate identity. The most importa...
GUM goes for PHALLUS extension until 16 April 2023
It gives GUM great pleasure to announce that the successful exhibition PHALLUS. Norm & Form is being extended until 16 April 2023, the end of the Easter holiday...
You get questions and assignments that guide you through the museum in a playful way. Sometimes surprising or bizarre, now and then with a twist. There are skul...
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...
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....
Always Doubt. Never Hesitate.Prof. Marjan Doom, General and Artistic Director of GUM & Botanical Garden, wrote an open letter for the Association of Art Museum...
