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Apothecaries

Debauve & Gallais

Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.

Podcast: Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum

This former general store and medicine shop in Oregon is a perfectly preserved time capsule.

The Podcast Team February 8, 2024

Lisbon, Portugal

Museu da Farmácia

Entire apothecaries are on display at this Lisbon museum, which explores the history of medicine.

Edinburgh, Scotland

John Livingston's Tomb

Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.

How many of these members of the French nobility drank gold to preserve their youth?

Drinking Gold Was a Grisly Anti-Aging Trend of 16th-Century France

The tony elixir killed elites looking for youthful complexions.

Paula Mejia September 17, 2018

Ouray, Colorado

Ouray Alchemist

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

In the pharmacy cellar.

Under the Black Eagle Pharmacy Museum

Ukraine's oldest operating pharmacy now offers guests a fascinating walk through apothecary history.

Death Masks

Worcester, England

George Marshall Medical Museum

Quaint, disturbing, and macabre objects are all on display at this intriguing collection of medical instruments from bygone eras.

Hintz House apothecary crucible room, cellar

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Museum of Pharmacy

Known as the Hintz House, this medieval pharmacy has been an apothecary's haven for nearly 450 years.

Remedies at The Chemist's Collection.

Aalborg, Denmark

Svaneapotek

From buck blood to Theriak miracle tonic, this collection of Renaissance chemist's gear look's like a wizard's pantry.

New York, New York

C. O. Bigelow Apothecary

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Shop window of Merz Apothecary.

Chicago, Illinois

Merz Apothecary

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.