Farmacia Habanera Museum
Visit the Museo de la Farmacia Habanera and learn about the pharmaceutical evolution of Cuba during your stay in Old Havana
Farmacia Habanera Museum
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A few towards Calle Brasil from Plaza del Cristo Square is where the 1886 Museo de la Farmacia Habanaera (Farmacia Habanera Museum) is located. Founded by the Catalonian José Sarrá, it is a shop-museum and nowadays still functions as a pharmacy.
The museum displays the history of pharmacies in Havana and their evolution in Cuba.
Farmacia Habanera Museum, Old Havana
This Pharmacy has three large exhibition halls.
The first hall is located where the old drugstore was, preserving its original Neo-gothic furniture with Moorish influences.
The second hall is dedicated to pharmacies from Havana, hosting a large collection of medicine bottles and medical tools, extracted from archeological excavations in the old city, as well as a book collection with valuable prescriptions for the study of Cuban pharmacopoeia.
The third hall deals with the sale of natural and traditional pharmaceutical products, as well as medicinal plant species.
The museum also exhibits an elegant scale model of an old pharmacy with captivating historical explanations.
More information:
Location:
Calle Brasil (Cornered with Compostela), La Habana, Cuba.
Ticket price:
Free admission.
Opening hours:
From 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Telephone:
(+537) 866 7556.
Interactive map:
What to see in Old Havana
- Essential places to visit:
- Plaza de la Catedral Square
- Havana Cathedral
- Palacio de los Marqueses de Aguas Claras Palace
- Museo de Arte Colonial
- Plaza de Armas Square
- Castillo de la Real Fuerza (Castle of the Royal Force)
- Museo de Navegación (Maritime Museum)
- City Museum (Capitanes Generales Palace)
- Plaza de San Francisco de Asís Square
- San Francisco de Asís Convent and Religious Art Museum
- Rum Museum
- Plaza Vieja Square
- Planetarium
- Calle Mercaderes Street
- Maqueta Museum of Old Havana (Scale Model Museum)
- Calle Obispo Street
- Places to visit (See for superior stays to 3 days):
- La Bodeguita del Medio
- Palacio del Conde de Lombillo Palace
- Marqués de Arcos Palace
- Segundo Cabo Palace
- El Templete
- Automobile Museum
- Casa de la Obra Pía House
- Bacardí Building
- Plaza del Cristo Square
- Belén Convent
- Casa Natal de José Martí (Birthplace Museum)
- Iglesia de San Francisco de Paula Church
- Other places:
- Alejandro Humboldt Museum
- Fototeca de Cuba
- Pablo de la Torriente Brau Cultural Center
- Marqués de Prado Ameno Cards Museum
- National Museum of Natural History of Cuba
- La Casona Art Center
- Simón Bolívar House Museum
- Armería 9 de Abril Museum
- Chocolate Museum
- Casa de Asia House Museum
- Casa de África House Museum
- Casa de México Benito Juárez House Museum
- Tobacco Museum
- Firefighters Museum
- Oswaldo Guayasamín House Museum
- Numismatic Museum
- 28 de Septiembre de los CDR Museum
- Goldsmithing Museum
- Mural Painting Museum
- Farmacia Habanera Museum
- Santa Clara Convent
- Iglesia Parroquial del Espíritu Santo Church
- IIglesia del Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje Church
- Nuestra Señora de Kazán Orthodox Cathedral
- Iglesia del Santo Ángel Custodio Church
- El Floridita
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