THEPHARMACYCOLLECTION

There is only a small diference between medicine and posion – the intent hidden behind it.

The collection includes artefacts from the 17th to the 20th century, such as pharmacies’ equipment (a prescription table, pharmacy cupboards and glass, ceramic and metal pharmacy stands …) and laboratory equipment (mortars, tools used to crush raw materials, scales, weights, melting pots …). Most of the artefacts come from former Maribor pharmacies and others in Styria, Prekmurje and Carinthia. The oldest ones were used in monastic pharmacies in Olimje (wooden containers with inscriptions) and Slovenska Bistrica (a mortar from 1614).