Overview

MISSION: To further interest in the history of pharmacology and promote its further development for the benefit of the general public.

Contact Information

514 Chartres Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
United States

view phone (504) 565-8027

view website https://www.pharmacymuseum.org/#!

Description

Among the hundreds of medical artifacts are circa 1860 hand-carved rosewood cabinets stocked with hand-blown apothecary bottles filled with crude drugs. Live leeches, leech jars, bloodletting devices, 19th century trade cards, pharmacopoeias, prescription files, and daily journals are also located in the handsome display cabinets. Civil War enthusiasts will find surgical instruments used during the war. Cosmetics and tools of the apothecary are also on exhibit. There is also a fascinating exhibit on epidemics that have struck New Orleans over the years, resulting in thousands of casualties, but also resulting in valuable research that helped conquer these dreaded diseases. The museum also features a re-created 19th century physician