The Linnaeus Museum

Nice small museum. Well organized exhibitions. No inscriptions - you need to take museum guide at the entrance.

I was fortunate to visit this great place more than 30 years ago as a young student. I was very fascinated about the rich history and how everything was preserved. It made me feel more connected to Science and helped me understand the research, amount time and commitment of Karl Von Linnaeus. It was a very enriching visit and my memories are still vivid .

One of the nice places to visit in Uppsala in the summer is the Linnaeus museum and garden. Use the audio guide to walk through his house and then take a stroll around the garden, which is exclusively plans from the time Linnaeus ran the garden. The is another exhibition in the building at the back of the garden. The ticket also gives you access to a guided tour and another Linnaeus site.

As someone passionate about science, I literally had goosebumps standing in the same space that a giant like Linnaeus once occupied. The museum is essentially a walk through the home he lived in, now decorated with artifacts that belonged to him and his wife. The designers have attempted to recreate a feel for how Linnaeus lived. Placards provide context for his work and life. His garden is adjacent and shows how he cultivated all the various species of plants so he could study them. Allow about an hour for a visit.

Only for those interested and already familiar with the work of Linnaeus. Otherwise it's the least interesting museum and garden I've visited in Sweden. Still it's really nice that this historical place is maintained and open.

A nice little museum about the life of the person who changed the way we name plants and animals forever. Linnaeus used to live and work here. If you visit, don't miss the free tour around the garden. Our English tour started in the afternoon around 13:30 or 14:00 but you need to check the hours again when you're there.

Small but nice! If you’re planning to stay in Uppsala for some time I would recommend to get their annual card which allows to visit some other Linneus places as well. They also have a small and nice shop, you can ask questions about the garden there. The ladies there are very nice and friendly.

On the face of it one for botany and history buffs. The gardens and house and contents are very simple but you need to stand there and take in and feel what this guy did for humanity.

This is something of a place of pilgrimage for biologists in general, and botanists in particular: the home and garden cared for Carl Linnaeus, the eminent Swedish physician and botanist, who developed the binomial Latin naming system that has since been used to identify all species of living organisms (e.g. Homo sapiens for modern humans). I visited first in 1984, while researching for my doctorate (in plant pathology), and recently on holiday. Although both the garden and house predate Linnaeus, the house was rebuilt for him in the 1740s, and it is laid out and furnished as it would have been in his time. As well as the domestic items, such as furniture (which is a bit limited), there are personal items connected to Linnaeus, including portraits, notebooks, his grant of ennoblement and some of his collections. The garden itself is laid out in classical taxonomic fashion, with related groups of plants located together. Despite this, it is still a lovely garden (it shows how a systematic taxonomic garden can still be beautiful. They knew how to do things in the 18th Century). A lovely spot to visit, it also has a small shop selling lovely botanically-related items.

Very nice and friendly staff who work there and educational historical things there there are information available in English and Swedish

My father in law is an ichthyologist and thus a big fan of Carl Linnaeus, often called the Father of Taxonomy. His system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms is still in wide use today and so my father in law wanted to visit his museum. It has a beautiful garden and lots of information about Carl. Great way to spend the afternoon.