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School holiday fun - watercolouring
Draw flowers, leaves, bulbs, and tubers in the Tropical Greenhouse. Let the plants inspire you. Learn from a skilled artist.
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Winter half-term at Gustavianum: Art in Ancient Egypt
A special event about different forms of decoration in the land of the pharaohs. How and why were houses and graves decorated? And how did people adorn themselves? Come to Gustavianum to discover more.
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Food and food ways
Food is not only essential to life, it is also a means of expressing and transmitting culture. As long as people have traded, foodstuffs and culinary customs have been important items of exchange. Along food trade routes we have exchanged ingredients, recipes and food rituals. Come to Gustavianum to listen to researchers, ask questions, and discover this world of food.
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Impatient Spring in the Orangery
Make a false start to spring in the Orangery, where bulbs in bloom are on display. Buy a rare tuber for your garden.
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Open house in the collections
Gustavianum and the Museum of Evolution are opening the doors to their collections housed at the Lagerträdet site. During the day guided tours of the store rooms will be given in Swedish and English, and there will be activities for families. The guided tours must be booked in advance.
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An evening discussion about philosophies of life.
The Philosophy society Demiratus offers a dessection of life philosophies in the Anatomical Theatre. During the evening, students from Uppsala University will give presentations and invite discussion about several different philosophies of life. Would you like to challenge your preconceptions? Welcome to Gustavianum!
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School holiday fun - make a wool tulip
Mat wool and create a colourful tulip! Staff from Grävlings naturprodukter show children ages 6 to 15 how to make sustainable Easter decorations in the Tropical Greenhouse.
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Easter holiday activities: Money at Gustavianum
In coins and notes we find stories about the past and hidden secrets imperceptible to the human eye. During Easter children have the opportunity to investigate, and learn more about, money. Together, we discover what they can tell us if we look really carefully. You can also make your own money during the workshop.
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Säsongsstart i Linnés hem och trädgårdar
Meet spring in the Linnaean Gardens of Uppsala. Enjoy the seasonal flowers, explore Carl Linnaeus' homes in town and in the country and have a "fika" or lunch in the garden cafés.
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Peter No-Tail's Bike Day
Fun and games, road sense education, bike race and other activities. In Swedish. Enter in advance. See www.pellescykeldag.se
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UAK sets the Museum to music.
Members of the Academy Chamber Choir of Uppsala (UAK) take you on a journey of the senses through Gustavianum's collections. Meet our objects in a way you have never before experienced.
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Spring concert with Cikada
A concert with ladies' choir Cikada in the Orangery, the Botanical Garden. Tickets and information: www.cikada.se
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Med lyrik klädd i ny skrud
Frida Björk's chamber choir performs music based on lyrical poetry in the Orangery.
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Museinatten på Gustavianum
Uppsala's museums opens their doors for a joint evening programme. In Gustavianum, student guides create exciting encounters with the past. Guided tours in Swedish and English every hour on the hour.
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Museum Night - In the Tropics
Experience the unexpected in Uppsala's only rainforest.
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ZZ Top in the Botanical Garden
The legends of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, ZZ Top, celebrate their 50th anniversary with a tour of Europe.
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Boules in the Baroque Garden
Svealand league and Elite league boules games.
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Gyllene Tider
Swedish pop legends Gyllene Tider, who are releasing a new album this year, are on a farewell tour after 40 years as a band.
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Botan Cup
Boules tournament arranged by Upsala Petanque Club.
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Kvällsmys med Victoria
An opportunity to see the flower of the giant water lily, Victoria amazonica, and the pithaya in blossom. They open out at dusk, but not every night. Updates (in Swedish) on Facebook.
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The Botanical Garden Fair
Meet gardeners and botanists among kitchen plants and bulbs. Buy new plants for your garden. Get advice on gardening. Compete in the garden society show with your finest produce. Sample sweet Geraniums or buy cheese and vegetables from the farmers' market.
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Boules in the Baroque Garden
Örsundsbro SK arranges qualifications and finals, come and cheer on your favourites!
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The Culture Night in the Botanical Garden
The Botanical Garden provides an ambient setting for moving meditation, Japanese martial arts, classical music, and a traditional fire show. Watch ceremonial archery on the lawn of the Baroque Garden. Explore the Tropical Greenhouse and hear the frogs sing. If you are lucky, the giant water lily will show you its flower.
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School holiday fun - plant a Christmas bulb
Start a bulb and make it blossom at Christmas. Plant it in a pot, create and decorate a cone which will provide darkness that will encourage the bulb to blossom. Suitable for ages 6 to 15, the Tropical Greenhouse.
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Museum Day in the rainforest
Explore plants from the South. On Museum Day, the theme is FLAVOUR and all museums in Uppsala offer free entrance.
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An air of Christmas in the Orangery
Take a break from your Christmas preparations! Enjoy bulbs in bloom, Christmas lights and lovely scents. Get inspired by flower arrangements, admire the creativity of the childrens' decorations, or buy an Amaryllis for your home.
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A New Year at the Tropical Greenhouse
Forget winter for a while in the green, light and warm environment of the Tropical Greenhouse. Take a stroll through the rainforest or charge your batteries by the banana tree and meditate to the song of frogs.