The Reopening of the Pharmacy Museum at the National History Museum of Transylvania

Abstract

The National History Museum of Transylvania was elated to announce for the 15th of January 2024 the reopening of the Pharmacy Museum, a treasure trove of medical and pharmaceutical history. After undergoing renovations, on the Day of National Culture, the museum received visitors in the new and expanded exhibition. The Pharmacy Museum, situated in the iconic Hintz House, contains an impressive collection of over 7000 authentic objects. These artefacts range from pharmaceutical vessels, old remedies and medicines, valued books and manuscripts, to vintage medical apparatuses and tell the story of the evolution of pharmacy and medicine in Transylvania. The viewers are invited to explore the evolution of attitudes towards health and disease over the centuries, while the Museum, with its steady mission of research and dissemination, keeps and showcases a rare and highly specialized heritage, and is also a location representative of Cluj-Napoca, a formerly very important medical and pharmaceutical center in Romania. The collection was also recently published during a research project and the 7-volume catalogue is wholly available online (in English).