
Pharmaziemuseum der Universität Basel
History of Pharmacy
Permanent exhibition
Pharmaziemuseum der Universität Basel
Today: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
03 December 2021 - 04 June 2022
The special exhibition «animalistic! Snake, cod liver oil and cortisone - from animals to active pharmaceutical ingredients.» investigates the use of animals as drugs, active ingredients of pharmaceuticals and symbol in the history of pharmacy up to the present day.
Pharmaziemuseum der Universität Basel
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Totengässlein 3, 4051 Basel
Opening Hours
04 June 2022: 10.00 AM - 4.00 PM
05 June 2022: Closed
06 June 2022: Closed
13 June 2022: Closed
14 June 2022: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
15 June 2022: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
16 June 2022: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
17 June 2022: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
18 June 2022: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
19 June 2022: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
01 August 2022: Closed
24 December 2022: 10.00 AM - 4.00 PM
25 December 2022: Closed
26 December 2022: Closed
27 December 2022: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
28 December 2022: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
29 December 2022: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
30 December 2022: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
31 December 2022: 10.00 AM - 4.00 PM
01 January 2023: Closed
Institution
The Pharmacy Museum of the University of Basel currently contains one of the largest and most significant collections relating to the history of pharmacy. The museum holds a scientific collection from the 1920s, which has been conserved until today. Highlights include apothecaries’ shops, historic medicaments, laboratory equipment, a complete alchemist’s laboratory, microscopes and a famous collection of pharmacy ceramics (15th to 19th centuries). The house «Zum vorderen Sessel» is a historic location where famous men such as Erasmus of Rotterdam and Paracelsus were frequent visitors. Historic drugstore «Herbarium» in a Pharmacy of of the old city of Basel.
Admission
colourkey Free admission
Museums-PASS-Musées Free admission
Swiss Museum Pass Free admission
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Pharmaziemuseum der Universität Basel
Permanent exhibition
Pharmaziemuseum der Universität Basel
03 December 2021 - 04 June 2022