Medicinal herbs are a force of nature created for all living beings A small door, narrow and camouflaged, separates the Cell of Poisons from the...
“Cave atra venena” “Cave atra venena, beware deadly poison!” reads the golden inscription on the frame of the glass cabinet. In this small isolated room,...
The 18th century is a time of transition All’interno del laboratorio si può vedere come gli strumenti di lavoro siano cambiati per adeguarsi alle nuove scoperte:...
Here we find a reconstructed 17th century herb workshop L’arredamento è caratterizzato da strumenti ad hoc quali alambicchi, distillatori e forni, oltre alle erbe raccolte in loco e alle...
A series of medicinal plants, hung in bunches to dry, make the ceiling a colourful and fragrant thatch of herbs The visitor enters the most...
Blown glass, gleaming and malleable, has always been used to make pharmacy equipment, including numerous tools for the laboratory Blown glass, gleaming and malleable, has...
The art of the apothecary: an art of precision The weighing scale was an indispensable tool in the preparation of medical recipes because the art...
Different kinds of medicinal receptacle: artistically decorated jugs, vases, albarelli, tankards and bottles The Pottery Room displays a series of artistically decorated medicinal containers, the...
Medicinal herbs placed in their historical context Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine; Hippocrates, the father of medicine; Galen, from whose name derives the Galenic art of...
This is the main room of the museum dedicated to the apothecary’s most ancient and fondamental tool: the mortar. In the first room of the...
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