Gustavianum

Gustavianum is the oldest standing building at Uppsala University. It was built between 1622 and 1625, and was used as the main building of the university between 1778 and 1887. Since 1997, it has been used as the university's museum.
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  • Opening hours: 11:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Email: museum@gustavianum.uu.se
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: university building in Uppsala, Sweden, containing the university museum of Uppsala University and an early modern anatomical theater
  • Also known as: Museum Gustavianum” and “Theatrum Anatomicum Gustavianum
  • Address: Akademigatan 3, Uppsala
  • Roof shape: hipped
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Uppsala Cathedral and Upplands runinskrifter 939.

Church
Photo: Dcastor, CC0.
is a cathedral located between the of Uppsala University and the river in the centre of , Sweden. A church of the Church of Sweden, the national church, in the Lutheran tradition, is the seat of the Archbishop of Uppsala, the primate of Sweden. is situated 110 metres east of Gustavianum.

Runestone
U 932 is the Rundata designation for a Viking Age runestone that was carved by the runemaster Åsmund and is located in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fjärdingen and Uppsala.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the inner city of , , situated on the western banks of the river . It has been the ecclesiastical centre of Sweden since the 13th century and contains many of the historical sights and landmarks of Uppsala…

Photo: Dcastor, CC0.
is a university city in . While sometimes stands in the shade of it maintains a sophisticated identity of its own. Compared to the Swedish capital, is less frantic, with more of a small-town atmosphere, influenced by the student culture and academic traditions of University.

The is the part of Uppsala municipality, Uppsala kommun, outside metropolitan itself. Some 60,000 people live in Uppsala's suburbs and surrounding villages.

Gustavianum

Latitude
59.85794° or 59° 51′ 29″ north
Longitude
17.63172° or 17° 37′ 54″ east
Levels
3
Open location code
9FFVVJ5J+5M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 32119036
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­hipped
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q1506922
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Gustavianum” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Gustavianum
  • Danish: Gustavianum
  • Dutch: Gustavianum
  • Dutch: Museum Gustavianum
  • Finnish: Gustavianum
  • Finnish: Museum Gustavianum
  • French: Gustavianum
  • French: Museum Gustavianum
  • German: Gustavianum
  • German: Museum Gustavianum
  • Italian: Gustavianum
  • Macedonian: Густавијанум
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gustavianum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Museum Gustavianum
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Gustavianum
  • Polish: Museum Gustavianum
  • Polish: Muzeum Gustavianum
  • Portuguese: Gustavianum
  • Russian: Gustavianum
  • Russian: Музей Густавианум
  • Slovenian: Gustavianum
  • Spanish: Gustavianum
  • Swedish: Anatomisk Teatern
  • Swedish: Gustavianum
  • Swedish: Museum Gustavianum
  • Turkish: Gustavianum

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Highlights include Upplands runinskrifter 943 and Upplands runinskrifter 937.

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