This study - in collaboration with prof. dr. Marjan Doom and prof. dr. Ann Buysse - explores the shift from the museum's role as an (educational) institution that mediates knowledge to one that facilitates meaning-making. The focus is particularly on science museums, where objects have traditionally been presented within a framework of knowledge creation through scientific processes. It asks: how can a science museum become a place of active contemplation without compromising its mission to promote critical citizenship and emancipate visitors through scientific literacy? How can that shift redefine the mission of the institution? What are the implications of such a framing for multiperspectivism and for engaging with diverse publics? Curating in this study is approached as a performance, focusing on the transformation of the object from a passive knowledge carrier into an "actant"—an active agent that stimulates thought in the visitor—and the museum as a dynamic stage that sparks intellectual engagement. The Ghent University Museum (GUM) serves both as a case study as well as an experimental platform for this research. This research will contribute to a broader understanding of the role of museums and curators in facilitating meaningful interactions between objects and visitors, and as such will reconsider and revisit the notion of public mediation in museums at the intersection of art and science.