Gustavianum

The Gustavianum is one of the older buildings of the University of Uppsala in Sweden. It was 1622-1625 on the cathedral square, built directly opposite the cathedral. In addition to a permanent museum and temporary exhibitions can be visited in the dome of the anatomy classroom of Olof Rudbeck.

History

The building takes its name from Gustav II Adolf, who had it built, than the previous university seat no longer sufficient to meet the growing demand for highly qualified people for the emerging superpower Sweden. At the beginning, except classrooms, dining and reading rooms for students and a book printer found in Gustavianum. Later, a library was added.

The most striking change of the house took place 1662-63, as the anatomy professor and polymath Olof Rudbeck built a dome in the middle of the house, which crowns a sundial. In the dome, the Theatrum is anatomicum, a round Lyceum with dissection table in the middle, surrounded by towering rows of standing room, so that 200 people were able to follow as closely as possible and with a clear view of the action. During the fire in Uppsala on 16 May 1702 at the Rudbeck lost a lot of his work, he is said to have conducted from the roof of Gustavianums from extinguishing the fire.

Between 1778, when the old main building was demolished, and in 1887, when the present was built, was the headquarters Gustavianum Uppsala University. The library had already been outsourced middle of the 19th century in the construction Carolina Rediviva.

Until 1997, the Gustavianum was used by the academic institutions for ancient history, since it is exclusively the Museum Gustavianum.

Today's use

The museum today to see collections of classical, Egyptian and Norse antiques as well as a permanent exhibition on the history of the University of Uppsala. A reconstruction of the Rudbeckschen Lyceum from the 1950s is accessible and belongs to the first squad of the attractions in Uppsala. In addition, there are changing exhibitions.