The Museum of Pharmaceutical History — Attraction in Sibiu

If you're into vintage pharmacy history and artifacts, then this wonderful little museum is for you. For a modest price which helps hold the museum alive, you get to see and learn some amazing things, like about Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy, who lived in Sibiu (then known as Hermannstadt) for a period of time. He worked as a librarian and personal physician to Baron Samuel von Brukenthal, the imperial governor of Transylvania, during his stay there. This was an important chapter in his life before he fully developed the principles of homeopathy, and a piece of such history is found in the pharmacy museum's lab. The museum is basically an old pharmacy (with objects collected from various parts of Romania), formed of two rooms: the officina and the laboratory. It doesn't take so long to visit it, and it is totally worth it. Lovely...

It is a really small museum located in the Small Square in Sibiu. The Pharmaceutical History Museum was founded in 1972. The building is an architectural monument dating back from 1568, having Gothic and Renaissance elements. In this building did function the 3rd pharmacy from Sibiu, in chronological order, opened in 1600, called "At the Black Bear". The exhibition is according to the classic pharmacy pattern, with an officine and a laboratory. The exhibition comprises about 6600 pieces. There are written explanations in Romanian and English, not perfectly translated. Unfortunately, there is no guide. Tax is 15 lei and one can...

A very nice experience especially for people that are connected to this area of science. Personally, I would’ve spent many hours to admire each and every corner had it not been for the closing hours 😅 all in all, I totally recommend it, especially if you want to visit a museum that is less crowded than others. Besides that, the guide there is a very jovial man that will tell you many interesting things about the history of the place and will encourage you to make as many photos as you want to spread the awareness about...