Pharmaziemuseum der Universität Basel
History of Pharmacy
Permanent exhibition
Pharmaziemuseum der Universität Basel
Today: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
02 December 2022 - 26 February 2023
The special exhibition “Werbung Wirkung Pharma” provides an insight onto our collection of pharmaceutical trade advertising from the years 1960 to 1980 and features pieces by Basel-based artist Raphael Widmer, whose work grapples with the topics explored in the exhibition.
Pharmaziemuseum der Universität Basel
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Totengässlein 3, 4051 Basel
Opening Hours
28 March 2024: 10.00 AM - 4.00 PM
29 March 2024: Closed
31 March 2024: Closed
08 May 2024: 10.00 AM - 4.00 PM
09 May 2024: Closed
18 May 2024: 10.00 AM - 4.00 PM
19 May 2024: Closed
01 August 2024: Closed
24 December 2024: 10.00 AM - 4.00 PM
25 December 2024: Closed
26 December 2024: Closed
31 December 2024: 10.00 AM - 4.00 PM
01 January 2025: 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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