Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum
Would you consume human skull to cure your epilepsy? Have you ever seen a unicorn horn? Would you rub the grease of a dead bear on your head?
From Ancient Greek medical theories to a rare penicillin culture vessel, from a mummified hand to the fastest selling drug in the world. All of these and more can be found in this collection of over 45,000 objects including a beautiful collection of English delftware drug storage jars amongst which is the oldest known dated piece. Library of rare books and the Society's archive available to pre-booked enquirers.
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The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum also features in our Learning section.
Contact Us
Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum
1 Lambeth High Street
London
SE1 7JN
Tel. 020 7572 2210
museum@rpharms.com
Opening Hours
Ground floor displays open to visitors, Monday-Friday, 9:00-17:00
Open to researchers Monday-Friday, 9:00-17:00 by appointment.
Please contact us to book museum tours. A charge may be payable.
Group visits by appointment.
FREE admission
Visitor Information
Vauxhall, Waterloo
Lambeth North, Vauxhall, Waterloo
3, 77, 344, 507, C10Exhibitions
Going Up In Smoke
Pharmacy & Smoking Display
Friday 9 March 2012 – Thursday 14 March 2013
A display charting both tobacco’s past uses as medicinal treatment and the anti-smoking therapies of today
Since its arrival in Europe in the early 1500s, pharmacy and tobacco have had a long, interesting, and at times contradictory, relationship.
This exhibition explores the development of this relationship, from the introduction of the smoking of tobacco and other medicinal cigarettes to treat illness, to the development of pharmaceutical products for smoking cessation.
Going Up In Smoke has over twenty objects on display; including an 18th century Dutch Delftware tobacco jar; cigarettes with ingredients such as arsenic and stramonium, reputed to relieve respiratory conditions; and, in contrast, medicines formulated to help the smoker to quit.
Free admission
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