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Museum

Pharmaziemuseum der Universität Basel

OpenClosed | 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM

Totengässlein 3,  4051  Basel

Opening Hours

Mo Closed  |  Tu 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM  |  We 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM  |  Th 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM  |  Fr 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM  |  Sa 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM  |  Su 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM



Easter 2024

28 March 2024: 10.00 AM - 4.00 PM

29 March 2024: Closed

31 March 2024: Closed


Ascension Day 2024

08 May 2024: 10.00 AM - 4.00 PM

09 May 2024: Closed


Whitsun 2024

18 May 2024: 10.00 AM - 4.00 PM

19 May 2024: Closed


Swiss National Holiday 2024

01 August 2024: Closed


Christmas/New Year 2024/2025

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

CHF 8.–/5.–

Happy Day: Admission to the museum will be free of charge on the first Saturday of each month.

colourkey Free admission

Museums-PASS-Musées Free admission

Swiss Museum Pass Free admission

Access

tram 6/8/11/14/15/16/17 > Marktplatz
Exhibition
Exhibition

Pharmaziemuseum der Universität Basel

History of Pharmacy

Permanent exhibition

The Pharmacy Museum of the University of Basel exhibits one of the world's largest collections dedicated to the history of pharmacy. Alchemistic laboratories, pharmacies, scientific instruments, ceramics, and many other highlights are shown in a medieval house.
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Guided Tour

Pharmaziemuseum der Universität Basel

Öffentliche Führung: Heilende Erden

07 April 2024 | 2.00 PM - 3.00 PM

Ist Erde ein Medikament? Gewiss wird es seit langer Zeit als solches benutzt - und das weltweit. Heilende Erde, Heilerde oder auch Terra Sigillata genannt, wurde in der medizinischen Praxis sowohl äusserlich aufgetragen als auch für innere Anwendungen eingenommen. Warum aber, ...
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