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Museum Gustavianum

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UPPSALA, SWEDEN - JULY 7, 2016: Gustavianum is a former university building from the XVII century, it is now a university museum.; Shutterstock ID 629269517;

A wonder cabinet of wonder cabinets, the Museum Gustavianum rewards appreciation of the weird and well organized. The shelves in the pleasantly musty building hold case after case of obsolete tools and preserved oddities: stuffed birds, astrolabes, alligator mummies, exotic stones and dried sea creatures. A highlight is the fascinating 17th-century Augsburg Art Cabinet and its 1000 ingenious trinkets. Don’t miss Olof Rudbeck’s vertiginous anatomical theater, where executed criminals were dissected. Admission includes a tour in English at 1pm Saturday and Sunday.

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