Gustavianum
The University Museum
Gustavianum is the oldest standing structure of the university and exhibits a selection of the most interesting objects from the university collections. Of course this includes a comprehensive history of science and of Uppsala University, with items such as an original Celsius thermometer, lecture notes from 1477, and instruments used during the scientific revolution of the 19th century. The museum also contains two archaeological exhibitions with Egyptian artifacts, mummies and sarcophagus, and findings from the Viking era boat burials in Valsgärde. The two main attractions of the museum is however the old anatomical theatre from the 17th century, where human bodies were dissected to educate medical students, and the Augsburg Art Cabinet, the world's best-preserved 17th-century curiosity cabinet. It contains some 1,000 different artifacts, and when it was built in 1632 the cabinet costed about as much as a palace or a smaller principality. The cabinet can also be viewed online for free.
- Limited wheelchair access
- Address
- Akademigatan 3
- Hours
- Closed · opens 11 am tomorrow
Weekly hours
Mon 11 am–5 pm Tue 11 am–5 pm Wed 11 am–5 pm Thu 11 am–5 pm Fri 11 am–5 pm Sat 11 am–5 pm Sun 11 am–5 pm - Phone
- +46 18 4717571
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Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.