The GUM for secondary education
Below you will find our offer for secondary education in the GUM. Would you like to book? Then click on the button below the programme of your choice.
We would like to give the following information:
Reservations can be made up to 4 weeks in advance.
We welcome larger groups, but have a maximum capacity per day:
Maximum 6 activities per day in GUM (across all groups)
Maximum 6 activities per day in Botanical Garden (across all groups)
Maximum 2 tours per half hour
If you still have questions: groepen.gum@ugent.be.
Tours
GUM Tour - IMPACT
Science and society
Tour for first to sixth year secondary school pupils
We examine how science is connected with society, from medicine to Olympic sports and from crime to advertising. Are scientists in a better position to know what is good for society? Are they responsible for their discoveries or inventions? And what impact does science have on our daily lives? The young people will discover that science is not a remote concept at all.
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of pupils: 15
Price: €85,-
GUM Tour - LIMITS
Science and ethics
Guided tour for fifth and sixth year secondary school pupils
How far can and should we go? This tour investigates the limits of science. The students will explore the world of laboratory animals and relate objects to themes such as decolonisation. We also consider the ethical issues surrounding displays of human remains.
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of pupils: 15
Price: €85,-
GUM Tour - DOUBT
Philosophy of science
Guided tour for third to sixth year secondary school pupils
Which questions do scientists get asked? How do they deal critically with knowledge? How much scope is there for imagination, doubt and failure? The students will discover the person behind the scientist and dive deeper into the answers that science can (or cannot) offer. They will also explore the value of doubt and approach matters based on the philosophy of science.
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of pupils: 15
Price: €85,-
Wunderkammer of TRUTH
Guided tour for first to sixth year secondary school pupils
Sometimes we have to rely on others – but who can and who can't we rely on? What feels real and what feels fake? If films, books and theatre are not real, why do they sometimes grab us by the throat? Is what we know about the past the (only) truth?
But also: do museums actually always tell the truth?
Once again, the GUM & Botanical Garden are bringing together big names and young talent from the art world with exceptional research from home and abroad and intriguing science projects in which you can participate live. The exhibition will extend into the rest of the museum and the Botanical Garden. Immerse yourself in the Wunderkammer of TRUTH and find out all about the truth.... or not?
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of pupils: 15
Price: €85,-
Workshops
GUM Atelier
Inside & outside the BOX
Interactive assignment for first to sixth year secondary school pupils
During this workshop, the pupils themselves will be the researchers. They will be presented with a skeleton in the BOX (= GUM’s workshop space). Research and asking the right questions will enable them to discover which animal the skeleton belongs to. The museum will provide inspiration on how to measure and classify and what the scientific method entails. As a result, the students will literally and figuratively think inside and outside the box.
We will adapt the workshop to the level of the group.
Due to the capacity of our workshop spaces, it is only possible to attend this workshop with 2 groups, both in the morning and in the afternoon.
Duration: 120 minutes
Number of pupils: 15
Price: €100,-
