Museum Night
- Date:
- Location: Gustavianum
- Organiser: Gustavianum
- Contact person: Cecilia Ödman
- Kulturevenemang
Uppsala’s museums open their doors for a joint evening special event. In Gustavianum, student guides create exciting encounters with the past. Guided tours in Swedish every half hour and English every hour on the hour. 2 June, 20.00 – 00.00
Mortui vivos docent - The dead teach the living
The Latin Quote as Professor Rudbeck, the architect of the infamous anatomical theater, lived after. During the museum night Gustavianum invites to a revelation through ancient times, the Viking Age and the medieval period of science, to highlight the dead and pass on knowledge to the living.
20.30 The mummy awakens (swedish)
There are plenty of myths and horror stories about mummies, but what is the truth? Welcome to a guided tour about mummies, as well as the customs and traditions around death in Ancient Egypt
21.00 Dead theories (english)
Science today is well-established on theories we know for certain to be true, but this has not always been the case. Before science could become reliable, a few theories had to die. Which were they, and do they still have anything to teach us today? Find out on this guided tour.
21.30 About Valhalla, Hel, and Viking burial rituals (swedish)
The Vikings' lives has been presented in a multitude of more or less true ways. But what happened when they died? What did they think would happen after death, and what went on happening in the lives of those who survived them? Find out during this guided tour.
22.00 The mummy awakens (english)
There are plenty of myths and horror stories about mummies, but what is the truth? Welcome to a guided tour about mummies, as well as the customs and traditions around death in Ancient Egypt.
22.30 Dead theories (swedish)
Science today is well-established on theories we know for certain to be true, but this has not always been the case. Before science could become reliable, a few theories had to die. Which were they, and do they still have anything to teach us today? Find out on this guided tour.
23.00 About Valhalla, Hel, and Viking burial rituals (english)
The Vikings' lives has been presented in a multitude of more or less true ways. But what happened when they died? What did they think would happen after death, and what went on happening in the lives of those who survived them? Find out during this guided tour.
23.30 The anatomical theatre (english)
Finished in 1663 and designed by the first professor in practical medicine, Olof Rudbeck the Elder, Gustavianum's Anatomical Theatre is known as one of Europe's oldest dissection theatres. In this concluding tour, we talk about the design of the theatre, its history, and its relationship with death.
