
Pharmaziemuseum der Universität Basel
History of Pharmacy
Permanent exhibition
Pharmaziemuseum der Universität Basel
Closed
Totengässlein 3, 4051 Basel
Opening Hours
01 May 2021: Closed
02 May 2021: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
12 May 2021: 10.00 AM - 4.00 PM
13 May 2021: Closed
22 May 2021: 10.00 AM - 4.00 PM
23 May 2021: Closed
24 May 2021: Closed
01 August 2021: Closed
24 December 2021: 10.00 AM - 4.00 PM
25 December 2021: Closed
26 December 2021: Closed
27 December 2021: Closed
28 December 2021: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
29 December 2021: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
30 December 2021: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
31 December 2021: 10.00 AM - 4.00 PM
01 January 2022: Closed
02 January 2022: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
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
Access
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