Linnaeus's Hammarby

Linnaeus’s Hammarby is the preserved country home and small estate of the 18th-century botanist Carl Linnaeus, located near Uppsala in Sweden. The site is maintained as a historic house museum showing Linnaeus’s domestic rooms and his working gardens.

The property includes the main farmhouse with period interiors, outbuildings, and kitchen and experimental gardens that Linnaeus used for plant cultivation and study. It serves as a complement to Linnaeus’s main museum in Uppsala and illustrates his rural household and botanical practice.

The site occupies a semi-rural location close to Uppsala and is reached by short regional journeys from the city, sitting within the cultural landscape associated with Linnaeus’s life and work.

• Museum status: Operated as a museum preserving the 18th-century rural home of the botanist Carl Linnaeus and managed in connection with the Linnaeus Museum in Uppsala.
• Best time to visit: Suitable visiting times are the warmer months when the gardens are tended and the house displays are fully open to the public.

What to See #

• Linnaeus's house (Hammarby): The main preserved farmhouse and interior rooms retain 18th-century furnishings and displays related to Carl Linnaeus and his family life. The house is maintained as a historic house museum.
• Gardens and plots: Surrounding kitchen gardens and small experimental plots reflect Linnaeus's botanical interests and were used for plant cultivation and study in the 18th century.