Latvian Museum of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical museum in Old Town, Latvia
The Latvian Museum of Pharmacy occupies an 18th-century building in Old Town and displays objects from the history of pharmacy and healing arts. The rooms are arranged with historical equipment, vessels, prescriptions, and tools used for preparing medications between the 17th and 19th centuries.
The museum is housed in a private residence dating to the early 18th century and documents the development of pharmacy practices across centuries in Latvia. The building itself serves as a record of the architecture and daily life of that era.
The collection includes traditional folk medicine items and an indoor garden containing medicinal herbs grown according to regional healing traditions.
Visiting requires no special preparation, as the rooms connect well and are easy to navigate. Those needing accessible entry should check ahead, since the historic building may have some limitations.
One room displays a reconstructed alchemist's laboratory with the instruments and methods of earlier centuries. Visitors can see how substances were mixed and distilled long before modern chemistry emerged.
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