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Address:
Akademigatan 3, S-753 10 Uppsala, Sweden
Opening Hours:
Tue - Sun 11am - 4 pm
Contact:
Ing-Marie Munktell, Director
museum@gustavianum.uu.se
Phone: +46 (0)18 471 75 71
Fax: + 46 (0)18 471 75 72
Additional information:
Guided tours in Swedish and English
Links:
Museum Gustavianum Uppsala
Uppsala universitet
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Description:
In Uppsala, the city of learning in Sweden, the Museum Gustavianum occupies a unique position as an interface between the academic world and the general public. Situated in the medieval heart of the city the Gustavianum is the former main building of Uppsala University. The anatomical theatre erected on the roof of the Gustavianum by Professor Olof Rudbeck in 1663 gives the building its characteristic appearance.
Today, the theatre is partly reconstructed, but its architectural beauty is intact. The Museum was inaugurated in 1997 and the historical building was made accessible to disabled visitors.
The main exhibition describes the history of Uppsala University through a collection of objects from a wide range of disciplines dating from 1477 to the present. The thematic focus lies on the history of science. The thermometer of Celsius and the work of Linnaeus are among the highlights, as are the modern examples of scientific excellence represented by the Nobel Prizes awarded to scientists from Uppsala.
Uppsala University has a long tradition in the Humanities. The archaeological exhibitions give an opportunity to study the Nordic prehistory, the classical world of Greece and Cyprus and the Nile Valley cultures. These collections are largely gathered through donations.
One of the most intriguing items on display is the Art Cabinet of Augsburg, which has been in the University's collection since 1694. The Cabinet is an impressive piece of work designed and put together in the 17th century in order to represent the wonders of nature as well as the advances made by man in art and technology. The Cabinet contains hundreds of compartments filled with nearly 1 000 miscellaneous objects.
Uppsala University holds several collections, besides the ones in the Gustavianum. Some are housed in other museum buildings, as the recently reopened Museum of Evolution and the Museum of Medical History. Others are kept within the central university locations: the Art Collection, the Numismatic Collection, the University Library Cultural Heritage and the University Archives. The Linnaeus Heritage is administered partly by a fund, partly by the Department of Botany.
Most of the artefacts in the university collections have been gathered for purposes of teaching and research rather than public display. Almost all of the represented collections are used in basic education and on research level. The responsibility the University Museum has of attracting the general public to the Museum is held just as important, as maintaining the connection between education, research and the collections.
[Description from the Website]
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