Pharmacy Museum and Qwensel House, Southwest Finland, Finland
4.5 (115 reviews) Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #9 in Turku Speciality Museums • History Museums
Nice and quick museum to visit
The Qwensel House is the oldest bourgeois housing from the autarchic times in Turku. The house was built approximately in the year 1700 to an area that was reserved for the nobility. Check for opening times online.
Address
Laentinen Rantakatu 13, Turku 20100 Finland
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Website
http://www.turku.fi/apteekkimuseo
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4Matias V 5:00 PM Jun 22, 2020
Nice, small museum
View to how pharmacy people lived and worked in 1800’s. Especially the old pharmacy is worth the visit. Interesting also to see how they made medicine back then.
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4Paddais 5:00 PM Jun 20, 2018
Genuine 18th century house and interior
One of few wooden houses that remain after the destructive fire in the beginning of the 19th century that destroyed nearly the whole town. The interior is particularly interesting as it is well furnished with 18th century furniture and shows how the richer tradesmen lived in town and how large outbuildings were common. The pharmacist was particularly well off so he also had an estate outside town, supplying him with all food necessary. The pharmacy itself and the room were medical plants were processed is unique.
