One of the University's first students was Olle Johansson from Gotland, alias Olaus Johannis Gutho. As books were very expensive in the 15th century, students wrote down everything their teachers dictated. The notes that can be seen at Museum Gustavianum belonged to just this Olaus Johannis. The drawing is actually not a caricature of the teachers, but demonstrate where philosophers Albertus Magnus and Aristotle meant that man’s different ”mental faculties” are found.
The Gustavianum was erected in the 17th century and today is the University's oldest preserved building. During the time of the universal genius and University head, Olof Rudbeck the elder, the building received its characteristic dome. Concealed within it is the Anatomical Theatre where dissections were carried out allowing the students to learn more about how the human body functioned.
From a History of Science perspective, the 18th century is Uppsala University's Golden Age. At that time celebrities such as Carl Linnaeus, Anders Celsius and Samuel Klingenstierna worked and taught here. Meet them through portraits and the instruments they worked with.
The exhibition also describes parts of the journeys around the world that Linnaeus and his apprentices went on, as well as Queen Lovisa Ulrika’s collection of seashells and
insects, some of which were gifts from Linnaeus’ apprentices’ expeditions.
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