Museu do Centro Hospitalar do Porto — Local services in Porto

A hidden gem costing only 1 EUR to visit. Focus is on the pharmaceutical part, while historic medical equipment is scattered throughout the hospital. Seems interesting for patients and their visitors to feel the piece of medical history, but it felt highly inappropriate for us to walk the hospital finding the exhibits. After seeing how much medicine has progressed, it makes you feel lucky to be alive today and not subject to developing medicine in the past. There is a short movie presentation focusing on tuberculosis and AIDS. Give it a visit, you may find it interesting, especially if you...

Wow. This place is massively under appreciated. Here is a 1808 hospital pharmacy turned into a museum. It has functioned till 1857 without refitting of the interior. Then in 1857-60 it has undergone a technical renovation to suit the manners of the time and stands here in its original state till now. The entrance fee of 1e is collected, but it totally worth the experience and supports an interesting causes.

All the information is well translated into English too, so you won't be left wondering...

Small but cool museum about pharmaceuticals back in the day. I'm a nurse so I found a lot of the artefacts very interesting. There are 2 small rooms and you pay 1 euro per person. I see it as a donation to the hospital. Worth a visit if you're in the area and maybe ducking...