Canada’s top institution of higher education, the University of Toronto (ranking among the best 30 worldwide) decided to put the individual Gömböc 1827 on permanent exhibit, carrying its year of foundation as serial number.
Gömböc 1827 is on display in the renowned model collection of the Department of Mathematics (ranked on its own right among the top 20 worldwide).
The model collection hosts, among others, mathematical models made by one of the Department’s most renowned professors, H.S.M Coxeter. Gömböc 1827 is on display next to the Coxeter models.
The production of the 90mm tall Gömböc, made of Aluminium-Silicon-Magnesium alloy was sponsored by Mr Otto Albrecht.