Couven-Museum, Furniture museum in Aachen, Germany.
The Couven Museum is a furniture museum in a building from 1662 that displays period rooms and furniture collections from the 1700s and early 1800s. The exhibition also includes an authentic pharmacy interior with original fixtures and furnishings from that era.
The building was constructed after a major city fire in 1656 and served originally as a pharmacy. Architect Jakob Couven later transformed it with Rococo design, establishing the foundation for what the museum displays today.
The displays show how people lived and furnished their homes across different periods, with pieces and rooms in styles ranging from Empire to Biedermeier. Visitors can observe how taste and domestic life changed from the mid-1700s through the 1800s.
The museum is located at Hühnermarkt square and open Tuesday through Sunday, though wheelchair access is limited to certain areas. The collections are spread across multiple floors, so plan time to explore all levels.
The museum preserves an intact 18th-century pharmacy with original wooden shelves, medicine jars, and instruments that reveal how remedies were prepared and stored. This collection offers a rare glimpse into the daily work of a historical apothecary.
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